Treatment of lower extremity lymphedema with suction-assisted lipectomy

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Greene, Arin K ^a   Slavin, Sumner A ^a   Borud, Loren ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LIPECTOMY; LIPOSUCTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCTION;

ADULT; BANDAGES; CELLULITIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; LIPECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; PARAPLEGIA; PRESSURE ULCER; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 33749432971     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000237020.29209.22     Document Type: Article

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