Supplemental surgical treatment to end stage (stage IV-V) of chronic lymphedema

International Angiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 389-395

  Lee, B B ^a,c   Kim, Y W ^b   Kim, D I ^b   Hwang, J H ^b   Laredo, J ^a   Neville, R ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Georgetown Vascular Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphedema; Sepsis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56749090901     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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