Surgical treatment of elephantiasis of the feet in congenital lymphedema to facilitate the use of a compression mechanism

International Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 115-118

  de Godoy, José Maria Pereira ^a   Azoubel, Lina MO ^b   Godoy, Maria de Fátima Guerreiro ^b,c  

^a Experimental Surgery Laboratory   (Brazil)

^b Medical School   (Brazil)

^c CAPES (Coordination of improvement of Personal of superior Level)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elephantiasis; Feet; Lymphedema; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; COMPRESSION GARMENT; ELEPHANTIASIS; EXCISION; HEREDITARY LYMPHEDEMA; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 77953392433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/ijgm.s8962     Document Type: Article

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