[Indirect radionuclide lymphography in the evaluation of the completeness of iliac lymphadenectomy and the diagnosis of postoperative lymphatic cysts in uterine cancer].

Indirect radionuclide lymphography was performed in 152 women in the next 1-2 weeks after operation on the iliac lymph nodes. In 136 of them a radiopharmaceutical (198Au-colloid, 113mIn-coind, 113mIn-coinol) was accumulated in the inguinofemoral lymph nodes only, being in favor of radical iliac lymphadenectomy. X-ray lymphographic control confirmed in all cases that the iliac lymph nodes had been completely removed. Lymphatic cysts were detected in 16 out of 152 patients and verified in all the cases. Thus radiolymphography is indicated in early terms after lymphadenectomy for the assessment of its efficacy and diagnosis of lymphatic cysts.