Suction-assisted lipectomy for treatment of lower-extremity lymphedema

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 671-673

  Eryilmaz, Tolga ^a,b   Kaya, Basar ^a   Ozmen, Selahattin ^a   Kandal, Sebahattin ^c  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Fethiye Government Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^c Fethiye Government Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lower extremity; Lymph; Lymphedema; Suction assisted lipectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LIPOHYPERTROPHY; LIPOSUCTION; LOWER EXTREMITY LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; HUMANS; LEG; LIPECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; SUCTION;

EID: 70349583519     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-009-9351-y     Document Type: Article

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