LYMPHEDEMA OF LOWER-EXTREMITIES FOLLOWING DEBRIDEMENT OF EXTENSIVE FULL SKIN THICKNESS BURNS

Authors
BALAKRISHNAN C WEBBER JD PRASAD JK
Citation
C. Balakrishnan et al., LYMPHEDEMA OF LOWER-EXTREMITIES FOLLOWING DEBRIDEMENT OF EXTENSIVE FULL SKIN THICKNESS BURNS, Burns, 20(4), 1994, pp. 365-366
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases","Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Burns → ACNP
ISSN journal
03054179
Volume
20
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
365 - 366
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-4179(1994)20:4<365:LOLFDO>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Burns involving skin and subcutaneous tissue are rarely associated wit h lymphoedema of the extremity due to the intact deep lymphatic system . We report an example of lymphoedema of the lower extremity in a burn patient 6 months after skin grafting.