RADICAL EXCISION AND DELAYED RECONSTRUCTION OF A LYMPHEDEMATOUS LEG WITH A 15 YEAR FOLLOW-UP

Citation
Ga. Dumanian et Jw. Futrell, RADICAL EXCISION AND DELAYED RECONSTRUCTION OF A LYMPHEDEMATOUS LEG WITH A 15 YEAR FOLLOW-UP, Lymphology, 29(1), 1996, pp. 20-24
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physiology
Journal title
ISSN journal
00247766
Volume
29
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
20 - 24
Database
ISI
SICI code
0024-7766(1996)29:1<20:READRO>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
An adult female patient with primary lymphedema of the lower extremity was treated with total excision of the subcutaneous tissues followed by delayed reconstruction with a giant full thickness skirt graft take n from the excised surgical specimen. The leg has maintained excellent function and contour over the ensuing 15 years. A small area on the d orsum of the foot that initially was covered with a split thickness sk in graft required subsequent regrafting using abdominal skin. This are a developed verrucoid changes.