Successful treatment with lymphaticovenular anastomosis for secondary skin lesions of chronic lymphedema

Dermatology

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-151

  Motegi, Sei Ichiro ^a   Tamura, Atsushi ^a   Okada, Etsuko ^a   Nagai, Yayoi ^a   Ishikawa, Osamu ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acquired lymphangioma circumscriptum; Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa; Lymphaticovenular anastomosis; Lymphedema

Indexed keywords

OLIVE OIL;

ACQUIRED LYMPHANGIOMA CIRCUMSCRIPTUM; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELEPHANTIASIS; ELEPHANTIASIS NOSTRAS VERRUCOSA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPHANGIOMA; LYMPHATICOVENULAR ANASTOMOSIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVA DISEASE;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELEPHANTIASIS; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENULES; VULVA; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 34547816166     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104267     Document Type: Article

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