Excisional Surgery for Chronic Advanced Lymphedema

Surgery Today

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 134-137

  Kim, Dong Ik ^a   Huh, Se Ho ^a   Hwang, Ji Hye ^a   Joh, Jin Hyun ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Excisional surgery; Lymphedema

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CHRONIC ADVANCED LYMPHEDEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG; LYMPHANGITIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROPHYLAXIS; REDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0442307610     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-003-2664-6     Document Type: Article

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