Effectiveness of sclerotherapy injection in haemangioma of the head and neck region

Background: Hemangiomas are benign tumors that originate from blood vessels. Sclerotherapy effectively treats benign vascular lesions, especially small lesions located at sites with aesthetic impact. Polidocanol is the solution most commonly known to work by causing a local inflammatory reaction, thrombosis obliteration of the hemangiomatous space, and fibrosis of the endothelial space, leading to the lesion's regression. This study evaluated the effectiveness of polidocanol sclerotherapy injection therapy (Aethoxysklerol 3%) in patients with cavernous haemangioma at Dr. Soetomo general hospital.Method: This study is a cross-sectional correlative analysis study, with research samples derived from medical records of patients with cavernous type haemangioma who were indicated to undergo sclerotherapy injection therapy (Aethoxysklerol 3%) at Dr. Soetomo general hospital in the period 2017-2023 who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The data obtained will be processed using SPSS software version 25.0 for Windows. Statistical tests were significant if the p-value was <0.05.Results: There were 26 samples in this study, with the gender of patients mostly female (65.4%) and aged >20 years (38.5%). The most common location was buccal region hemangioma (34.2%). The results of the therapeutic response showed that 50% of the majority of patients not well responded, 34,2% showed no response, and only 15.4% responded well with a p-value = 0.000.Conclusion: Injection sclerotherapy using polidocanol (Aethoxysklerol) in 3x administration sessions is a treatment method that has not been effective in treating hemangioma.