Lymphedema microsurgical preventive healing approach for primary prevention of lower limb lymphedema after inguinofemoral lymphadenectomy for vulvar cancer

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 769-774

  Morotti, Matteo ^a   Menada, Mario Valenzano ^a   Boccardo, Francesco ^b   Ferrero, Simone ^a   Casabona, Federico ^a   Villa, Giuseppe ^c   Campisi, Corradino ^b   Papadia, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Limb lymphedema; Lymph nodes; Microsurgery; Treatment outcome; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NANOCOLL TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION STOCKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; INGUINOFEMORAL LYMPHADENECTOMY; LOWER LIMB LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGITIS; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOCELE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MICROSURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVECTOMY; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84879912868     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e318287a8e8     Document Type: Article

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