Reconstructive surgery for chronic lymphedema: A viable option, but

Vascular

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 195-205

  Lee, Byung Boong ^a   Laredo, J ^a   Neville, R ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphedema; Compliance; Maintenance CDT; Reconstructive surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FREE LYMPH NODE TRANSPLANT SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; LYMPHOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; ORGAN WEIGHT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANASTOMOSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMORAL VEIN; LYMPH NODE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; POPLITEAL VEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCINTISCANNING; SOUTH KOREA; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPLITEAL VEIN; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80055093325     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/vasc.2010.oa0287     Document Type: Article

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