Secondary lymphedema after high ligation of the great saphenous vein surgery: A case report

A 56-year-old male patient with secondary lymphedema in a single lower extremity presented to our hospital. He received high ligation of great saphenous vein 3 years ago. Severe infection was observed in affected limb on postoperative day 10, and rapidly progressive pain and erythema spreading to in...

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Autores principales: Chen, Ping, Chen, Hui, Yang, Mu, Wang, Xuan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6310514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30544409
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000013379
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Chen, Hui
Yang, Mu
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description A 56-year-old male patient with secondary lymphedema in a single lower extremity presented to our hospital. He received high ligation of great saphenous vein 3 years ago. Severe infection was observed in affected limb on postoperative day 10, and rapidly progressive pain and erythema spreading to inguinal region. He was diagnosed with secondary lymphedema after 3 years of high ligation of great saphenous vein. Compression treatment was given in affected limb to promote the lymphatic return. The patient was followed up for 3 months now, the edema in right leg showed attenuation compared with before.
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spelling pubmed-63105142019-01-14 Secondary lymphedema after high ligation of the great saphenous vein surgery: A case report Chen, Ping Chen, Hui Yang, Mu Wang, Xuan Medicine (Baltimore) Research Article A 56-year-old male patient with secondary lymphedema in a single lower extremity presented to our hospital. He received high ligation of great saphenous vein 3 years ago. Severe infection was observed in affected limb on postoperative day 10, and rapidly progressive pain and erythema spreading to inguinal region. He was diagnosed with secondary lymphedema after 3 years of high ligation of great saphenous vein. Compression treatment was given in affected limb to promote the lymphatic return. The patient was followed up for 3 months now, the edema in right leg showed attenuation compared with before. Wolters Kluwer Health 2018-12-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6310514/ /pubmed/30544409 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000013379 Text en Copyright © 2018 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License 4.0 (CCBY-NC), where it is permissible to download, share, remix, transform, and buildup the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
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Secondary lymphedema after high ligation of the great saphenous vein surgery: A case report
title Secondary lymphedema after high ligation of the great saphenous vein surgery: A case report
title_full Secondary lymphedema after high ligation of the great saphenous vein surgery: A case report
title_fullStr Secondary lymphedema after high ligation of the great saphenous vein surgery: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Secondary lymphedema after high ligation of the great saphenous vein surgery: A case report
title_short Secondary lymphedema after high ligation of the great saphenous vein surgery: A case report
title_sort secondary lymphedema after high ligation of the great saphenous vein surgery: a case report
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6310514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30544409
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000013379
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