Follow-up study of upper limb lymphedema patients treated by microsurgical lymphaticovenous implantation (MLVI) combined with compression therapy

Microsurgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-26

  Yamamoto, Yuhei ^a,b   Horiuchi, Katsumi ^a   Sasaki, Satoru ^a   Sekido, Mitsuru ^a   Furukawa, Hiroshi ^a   Oyama, Akihiko ^a   Yajima, Kazuyoshi ^a   Sugihara, Tsuneki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MICROSURGERY; MICROSURGICAL LYMPHATICOVENOUS IMPLANTATION; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 0037285822     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.10080     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Huang GK, Hu RQ, Liu ZZ, Shen YL, Lan TD, Pan GP. Microlymphaticovenous anastomosis in the treatment of lower limb obstructive lymphedema: analysis of 91 cases. Plast Reconstr Surg 1985;76:671-677.
2. Olszewski WL. The treatment of lymphedema of the extremities with microsurgical lymph-venous anastomoses. Int Angiol 1988;7: 312-321.
3. Ho LCY, Lai MF, Yeates M, Fernandez V. Microlymphatic bypass in obstructive lymphedema. Br J Plast Surg 1988;41: 475-484.
4. Baumeister RG, Siuda S. Treatment of lymphedemas by microsurgical lymphatic grafting: what is proved? Plast Reconstr Surg 1990;85:64-74.
5. O'Brien BM, Mellow CG, Khazanchi RK, Dvir E, Kumar V, Pederson WC. Long-term results after microlymphaticovenous anastomoses for the treatment of obstructive lymphedema. Plast Reconstr Surg 1990;85:562-572.
6. Yamamoto Y, Sugihara T. Microsurgical lymphaticovenous implantation for the treatment of chronic lymphedema. Plast Reconstr Surg 1998;101:157-161.
7. Koshima I, Inagawa K, Urushibara K, Moriguchi T. Supermicrosurgical lymphaticovenular anastomosis for treatment of lymphedema in the upper extremities, J Reconstr Microsurg 2000; 16:437-442.
8. Gan JL, Chang TS, Liu W. The circulatory pneumatic apparatus for lymphedema of the limb. Eur J Plast Surg 1994;17:169-172.
9. Gan JL, Li SL, Cai RX, Chang TS. Microwave heating in the management of postmastectomy upper limb lymphedema. Ann Plast Surg 1996;36:576-580.
10. Brorson H, Svensson H. Liposuction combined with cotrolled compression therapy reduces arm lymphedema more effectively than controlled compression therapy alone. Plast Reconstr Surg 1998;102:1058-1067.
11. Miller TA, Wyatt LE, Rudkin GH. Staged skin and subcutaneous excision for lymphedema: a faborable report of long-term results. Plast Reconstr Surg 1998;102:1486-1498.
12. Koshima I, Kawada S, Moriguchi T, Kajiwara Y. Ultrastructual observations of lymphatic vessels in lymphedema in human extremities. Plast Reconstr Surg 1996;97:397-405.