[Prevention of complications after surgery in patients with upper limbs' lymphedema].

Autor: Liubarskiĭ MS, Nimaev VV, Shumkov OA, Konenkov VI
Jazyk: ruština
Zdroj: Khirurgiia [Khirurgiia (Mosk)] 2011 (5), pp. 15-8.
Abstrakt: The results of surgical treatment of patients with the fourth stage of the upper limbs' lymphedema was studied. Of all 170 patients with lymphedema, 16 (9.4%) had the fourth stage of the disease. The debulking procedures were performed in 15 patients (8 had standart operations, 7 - simultaneous rwo-stage operations). Beeing a preliminary stage of the radical surgical excision of lymphoedematously changed tissues, the liposuction allows a more precisional hemostasis for the accurate vessel visualization. It led to the 4,4 times decrease of the postoperative morbidity rate and shortened the time of the operation.
Databáze: MEDLINE