Evaluation and management of the fat leg syndrome

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Warren, Anne G ^a   Janz, Brian A ^a   Borud, Loren J ^a   Slavin, Sumner A ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURN; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEG EDEMA; LIPECTOMY; LIPID STORAGE; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MASSAGE; MYXEDEMA; PLASTIC SURGERY; POPLITEAL CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTEIN DEPLETION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; VEIN DISEASE; ALGORITHM; EDEMA; FEMALE; LEG; MALE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SYNDROME;

ALGORITHMS; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SYNDROME;

EID: 33847073862     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000244909.82805.dc     Document Type: Review

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