Principles and practice of lymphedema surgery. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Ming-Huei Cheng, David W. Chang, Ketan M. Patel.
• Editors: Cheng, Ming-Huei
• Contents: An introduction to principles and practice of lymphedema surgery -- Clinical surgery for lymphedema : historical perspectives -- Controversies in the treatment of lymphedema -- Anatomy and structural physiology of the lymphatic system -- Laboratory study of lymphedema -- Definition, incidence and pathophysiology of lymphedema -- Clinical evaluation of lymphedema -- Physiologic principles of lymphatic microsurgery -- Lymphedema risk reduction and management -- Overview of surgical techniques -- Excisional procedures and their combinations with lymphatic microsurgery -- Excisional procedures : liposuction -- Recipient site selection in vascularized lymph node flap transfer -- Microsurgical procedures : vascularized lymph node transfer from the groin -- Microsurgical procedures : combined microvascular breast reconstruction and lymph node transfer -- Microsurgical procedures : vascularized lymph node transfer from the submental region -- Microsurgical procedures : vascularized lymph node transfer from the supraclavicular region -- Microsurgical procedures : vascularized lymph node transfer from the thoracodorsal axis -- Microsurgical procedures : minimizing donor site morbidity following vascularized lymph node transfer -- Microsurgical procedures : lymphovenous anastomosis techniques -- Microsurgical procedures : lymphatic grafting techniques -- Evidence-based outcomes -- Tracking outcomes following lymphedema treatment -- Future perspectives in lymphatic microsurgery.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, color illustrations
• Subjects: 617.4; Lymphedema -- Surgery; Lymphedema -- surgery; Microsurgery -- Methods; Surgical Procedures, Operative -- Methods; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0323322638; 9780323322638
• Related ISBNs: 9780323298971; 0323298974
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from resource home page (ClinicalKey, viewed November 25, 2015).
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