Symptomatic Abdominal Simple Cysts: Is Percutaneous Sclerotherapy with Hypertonic Saline and Bleomycin a Treatment Option?

Table 3

Cysts’ volume reduction over time after treatment.

	Before	Month_1	Month_3	Month_6	Month_12
Minimum volume (mL)	94.48	0	0	0	0
Median volume (mL)	412.87^**	161.35^**	21.55^**	0^**	0^**
Maximum volume (mL)	1,141.19	533.55	188.96	32.48	29.40
Friedman’s test
Minimum reduction rate (mL)		15.0%	20.6%	65.6%	68.9%
Median reduction rate (mL)		58.0%	92.6%	100.0%	100.0%
Maximum reduction rate (mL)		100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

^**Difference in the median volume of the cysts is statistically significant at a level according to the results of a series of Wilcoxon’s tests.