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Excision of subcutaneous tissue and deep muscle fascia for advanced lymphedema
1Division of Vascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul, Korea.
Lymphology
|February 9, 1999
Abstract:
In advanced peripheral lymphedema particularly involving the legs, complex physical therapy (massage/bandage-wrapping compression, remedial exercises, and maintenance use of a low stretch elastic compression garment), is not uniformly successful. In six patients with morbid lymphedema of the legs, we described our positive experience using a modified Auchincloss/Homans excisional operation.