Radical reduction of upper extremity lymphedema with preservation of perforators

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 302-306

  Salgado, Christopher J ^a   Sassu, Paolo ^b   Gharb, Bahar Bassiri ^b   Di Spilimbergo, Stefano Spanio ^b   Mardini, Samir ^c   Chen, Hung Chi ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Charles procedure; Elephantiasis; Lymphedema; RRPP; Staged excision for lymphedema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIPECTOMY; LIPOSUCTION; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MICROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PERFORATOR FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN FLAP; SKIN NECROSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND COMPLICATION;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 69549088221     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31818d45aa     Document Type: Article

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