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Lymphaticovenular anastomoses for lymphedema treatment: 18 months postoperative outcomes
Auba C, Marre D, Rodríguez-Losada G, Hontanilla B.
Department of Plastic Surgery, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Revisão:Microsurgery
Data: 20/Jan/2012
The purpose of this work was to report our initial experience with lymphaticovenular anastomoses (LVA), a controversial technique for lymphedema treatment. Although LVA technique was described many years ago, the procedure is not as widespread as it was supposed to be, taking into account the high impact that lymphedema has in the quality of life of patients. Thus, 12 patients, 5 with lower limb and 7 with upper limb lymphedema, underwent LVA surgery under local anesthesia.
Two patients were excluded from the study due to the lack of follow-up. At 18 months, 8 out 10 patients showed a variable objective reduction of the perimeter of the limbs and 9 patients presented a subjective clinical improvement.
These results joined to the outcomes of the most experienced surgeons in this field are encouraging, although there are still many issues that need to be addressed with research to optimize the efficacy of this technique
CITAÇÃO DO ARTIGO Microsurgery. 2012 May;32(4):261-8. doi: 10.1002/micr.20980. Epub 2012 Jan 20
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