Effective treatment of lymphedema of the extremities

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 452-458

  Ko, Dicken S C ^a   Lerner, Robert ^b   Klose, Guenter ^b   Cosimi, A Benedict ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Lerner Lymphedema Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEG EDEMA; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CARE; SKIN CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

BANDAGES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031921358     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.133.4.452     Document Type: Article

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