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Successful Treatment of Rheumatoid Lymphedema with Lymphatic Venous Anastomosis

Rheumatoid lymphedema is a rare but severely disabling condition caused by reduced lymphatic drainage. Most treatment methods are conservative and may lead to the exacerbation of lymphedema. Lymphatic venous anastomosis (LVA) is an effective treatment for lymphedema after surgery involving the lymph...

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Autores principales: Imai, Hirofumi, Yoshida, Shuhei, Uchiki, Toshio, Sasaki, Ayano, Nagamatsu, Shogo, Koshima, Isao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8367057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34414062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000003763
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author Imai, Hirofumi
Yoshida, Shuhei
Uchiki, Toshio
Sasaki, Ayano
Nagamatsu, Shogo
Koshima, Isao
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description Rheumatoid lymphedema is a rare but severely disabling condition caused by reduced lymphatic drainage. Most treatment methods are conservative and may lead to the exacerbation of lymphedema. Lymphatic venous anastomosis (LVA) is an effective treatment for lymphedema after surgery involving the lymphatic system, such as lymph node dissection for cancer treatment. LVA has not been used to treat rheumatoid lymphedema. We present a case of rheumatoid lymphedema treated with surgical procedures, including LVA. Following LVA, objective and subjective symptom relief was noted, along with decreased swelling and pain in the affected area. The postoperative course was uneventful. LVA for the treatment of rheumatoid lymphedema may provide definitive clinical improvements.
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spelling pubmed-83670572021-08-18 Successful Treatment of Rheumatoid Lymphedema with Lymphatic Venous Anastomosis Imai, Hirofumi Yoshida, Shuhei Uchiki, Toshio Sasaki, Ayano Nagamatsu, Shogo Koshima, Isao Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open Reconstructive Rheumatoid lymphedema is a rare but severely disabling condition caused by reduced lymphatic drainage. Most treatment methods are conservative and may lead to the exacerbation of lymphedema. Lymphatic venous anastomosis (LVA) is an effective treatment for lymphedema after surgery involving the lymphatic system, such as lymph node dissection for cancer treatment. LVA has not been used to treat rheumatoid lymphedema. We present a case of rheumatoid lymphedema treated with surgical procedures, including LVA. Following LVA, objective and subjective symptom relief was noted, along with decreased swelling and pain in the affected area. The postoperative course was uneventful. LVA for the treatment of rheumatoid lymphedema may provide definitive clinical improvements. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2021-08-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8367057/ /pubmed/34414062 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000003763 Text en Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
spellingShingle Reconstructive
Imai, Hirofumi
Yoshida, Shuhei
Uchiki, Toshio
Sasaki, Ayano
Nagamatsu, Shogo
Koshima, Isao
Successful Treatment of Rheumatoid Lymphedema with Lymphatic Venous Anastomosis
title Successful Treatment of Rheumatoid Lymphedema with Lymphatic Venous Anastomosis
title_full Successful Treatment of Rheumatoid Lymphedema with Lymphatic Venous Anastomosis
title_fullStr Successful Treatment of Rheumatoid Lymphedema with Lymphatic Venous Anastomosis
title_full_unstemmed Successful Treatment of Rheumatoid Lymphedema with Lymphatic Venous Anastomosis
title_short Successful Treatment of Rheumatoid Lymphedema with Lymphatic Venous Anastomosis
title_sort successful treatment of rheumatoid lymphedema with lymphatic venous anastomosis
topic Reconstructive
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8367057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34414062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000003763
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