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Correlation between Lymphatic Surgery Outcome and Lymphatic Image-Staging or Clinical Severity in Patients with Lymphedema
Lymphoscintigraphy and indocyanine green (ICG) lymphography reveal the severity of extremity lymphedema. Lower extremity lymphedema (LEL) index and NECST classification are related to the clinical severity of lymphedema. We aimed to investigate the correlation between lymphatic surgery, lymphatic im...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9456713/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36078909 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11174979 |
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author | Imai, Hirofumi Yoshida, Shuhei Mese, Toshiro Roh, Solji Fujita, Asuka Sasaki, Ayano Nagamatsu, Shogo Koshima, Isao |
author_facet | Imai, Hirofumi Yoshida, Shuhei Mese, Toshiro Roh, Solji Fujita, Asuka Sasaki, Ayano Nagamatsu, Shogo Koshima, Isao |
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description | Lymphoscintigraphy and indocyanine green (ICG) lymphography reveal the severity of extremity lymphedema. Lower extremity lymphedema (LEL) index and NECST classification are related to the clinical severity of lymphedema. We aimed to investigate the correlation between lymphatic surgery, lymphatic imaging, and clinical severity in patients with lymphedema. Thirty-five patients with lower-extremity lymphedema who underwent lymphatic venous anastomosis (LVA) were evaluated. Ten of the thirty-five patients underwent multi-surgery (additional vascularized lymphatic transfer and/or liposuction). We investigated the correlation between the LEL index, NECST classification, lymphoscintigraphy staging, ICG lymphography staging, and rate of improvement (RI: [preoperative LEL index − postoperative LEL index]/[preoperative LEL index] × 100). The LEL index in 35 patients after LVA and all procedures decreased significantly compared to that of preoperative (272.4 vs. 256.2 vs. 243.5, p < 0.05). RI after LVA and all procedures showed positive correlations with the preoperative LEL index; however, there was no correlation with any other lymphatic image or clinical severity. LVA can reduce lymphedema circumference at any stage. Additional surgery improved the circumference. Hence, LVA as the first line of treatment, and vascularized lymphatic transfer and liposuction as additional procedures, should be considered as the standard treatment for lymphedema. |
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spelling | pubmed-94567132022-09-09 Correlation between Lymphatic Surgery Outcome and Lymphatic Image-Staging or Clinical Severity in Patients with Lymphedema Imai, Hirofumi Yoshida, Shuhei Mese, Toshiro Roh, Solji Fujita, Asuka Sasaki, Ayano Nagamatsu, Shogo Koshima, Isao J Clin Med Article Lymphoscintigraphy and indocyanine green (ICG) lymphography reveal the severity of extremity lymphedema. Lower extremity lymphedema (LEL) index and NECST classification are related to the clinical severity of lymphedema. We aimed to investigate the correlation between lymphatic surgery, lymphatic imaging, and clinical severity in patients with lymphedema. Thirty-five patients with lower-extremity lymphedema who underwent lymphatic venous anastomosis (LVA) were evaluated. Ten of the thirty-five patients underwent multi-surgery (additional vascularized lymphatic transfer and/or liposuction). We investigated the correlation between the LEL index, NECST classification, lymphoscintigraphy staging, ICG lymphography staging, and rate of improvement (RI: [preoperative LEL index − postoperative LEL index]/[preoperative LEL index] × 100). The LEL index in 35 patients after LVA and all procedures decreased significantly compared to that of preoperative (272.4 vs. 256.2 vs. 243.5, p < 0.05). RI after LVA and all procedures showed positive correlations with the preoperative LEL index; however, there was no correlation with any other lymphatic image or clinical severity. LVA can reduce lymphedema circumference at any stage. Additional surgery improved the circumference. Hence, LVA as the first line of treatment, and vascularized lymphatic transfer and liposuction as additional procedures, should be considered as the standard treatment for lymphedema. MDPI 2022-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9456713/ /pubmed/36078909 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11174979 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Imai, Hirofumi Yoshida, Shuhei Mese, Toshiro Roh, Solji Fujita, Asuka Sasaki, Ayano Nagamatsu, Shogo Koshima, Isao Correlation between Lymphatic Surgery Outcome and Lymphatic Image-Staging or Clinical Severity in Patients with Lymphedema |
title | Correlation between Lymphatic Surgery Outcome and Lymphatic Image-Staging or Clinical Severity in Patients with Lymphedema |
title_full | Correlation between Lymphatic Surgery Outcome and Lymphatic Image-Staging or Clinical Severity in Patients with Lymphedema |
title_fullStr | Correlation between Lymphatic Surgery Outcome and Lymphatic Image-Staging or Clinical Severity in Patients with Lymphedema |
title_full_unstemmed | Correlation between Lymphatic Surgery Outcome and Lymphatic Image-Staging or Clinical Severity in Patients with Lymphedema |
title_short | Correlation between Lymphatic Surgery Outcome and Lymphatic Image-Staging or Clinical Severity in Patients with Lymphedema |
title_sort | correlation between lymphatic surgery outcome and lymphatic image-staging or clinical severity in patients with lymphedema |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9456713/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36078909 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11174979 |
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