Modified charles procedure using negative pressure dressings for primary lymphedema: A functional assessment

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 669-675

  Van Der Walt, Johannes C ^a   Perks, Timothy J ^a   Zeeman, Barend J VR ^a   Bruce Chwatt, Andrew J ^a   Graewe, Frank R ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Charles procedure; Congenital lymphedema; Negative pressure dressing; Primary lymphedema

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DEBRIDEMENT; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEG; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHEDEMA TARDA; MEIGE DISEASE; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY DELAY; ULCER; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WOUND CARE; CONVALESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149102825     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318180cd24     Document Type: Article

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