The feasibility of a fiber optic laser approach to relieving lymphedematous syndrome: a case report

Here we report a case of successful fiber optic laser treatment of lymphedema in a swollen arm post mastectomy. At the moment, this procedure has only anecdotal evidence to justify its use, but in our experience is a feasible, minimally invasive day-stay procedure which has been demonstrated to be s...

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Autores principales: Palmieri, Beniamino, Di Cerbo, Alessandro, Rottigni, Valentina, Fistetto, Gregorio, Iannitti, Tommaso
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3576130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23425774
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S39420
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author Palmieri, Beniamino
Di Cerbo, Alessandro
Rottigni, Valentina
Fistetto, Gregorio
Iannitti, Tommaso
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description Here we report a case of successful fiber optic laser treatment of lymphedema in a swollen arm post mastectomy. At the moment, this procedure has only anecdotal evidence to justify its use, but in our experience is a feasible, minimally invasive day-stay procedure which has been demonstrated to be safe and effective. Further nonhomogeneous case pooling and follow-up would enable guidelines and definite surgical protocols for its use to be implemented.
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spelling pubmed-35761302013-02-20 The feasibility of a fiber optic laser approach to relieving lymphedematous syndrome: a case report Palmieri, Beniamino Di Cerbo, Alessandro Rottigni, Valentina Fistetto, Gregorio Iannitti, Tommaso Onco Targets Ther Case Report Here we report a case of successful fiber optic laser treatment of lymphedema in a swollen arm post mastectomy. At the moment, this procedure has only anecdotal evidence to justify its use, but in our experience is a feasible, minimally invasive day-stay procedure which has been demonstrated to be safe and effective. Further nonhomogeneous case pooling and follow-up would enable guidelines and definite surgical protocols for its use to be implemented. Dove Medical Press 2013-02-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3576130/ /pubmed/23425774 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S39420 Text en © 2013 Palmieri et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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The feasibility of a fiber optic laser approach to relieving lymphedematous syndrome: a case report
title The feasibility of a fiber optic laser approach to relieving lymphedematous syndrome: a case report
title_full The feasibility of a fiber optic laser approach to relieving lymphedematous syndrome: a case report
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title_short The feasibility of a fiber optic laser approach to relieving lymphedematous syndrome: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3576130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23425774
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OTT.S39420
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