Comparison of primary and secondary lower-extremity lymphedema treated with supermicrosurgical lymphaticovenous anastomosis and lymphaticovenous implantation

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-143

  Demirtas, Yener ^a   Ozturk, Nuray ^a   Yapici, Oktay ^a   Topalan, Murat ^b  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lymphaticovenous anastomosis; Lymphaticovenous implantation; Lymphedema; Microlymphatic surgery; Primary lymphedema; Secondary lymphedema; Supermicrosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION GARMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEG; LYMPHATICOVENOUS IMPLANTATION; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BANDAGES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MICROSURGERY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEINS;

EID: 76349110808     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1243299     Document Type: Article

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