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Cost of a lymphedema treatment mandate - 16 years of experience in the Commonwealth of Virginia

Health Economics Review, 2022
Background Treatment of chronic illness accounts for over 90% of Medicare spending. Chronic lymphedema places 3–10 million Americans at risk for recurrent cellulitis.
Robert Weiss
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Feasibility of a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Examining a Multidimensional Intervention in Women with Gynecological Cancer at Risk of Lymphedema

Current Oncology, 2021
There is limited knowledge on non-invasive lymphedema risk-reduction strategies for women with gynecological cancer. Understanding factors influencing the feasibility of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) can guide future research. Our objectives are to
Shirin M. Shallwani, Anna Towers, Anne Newman, Shannon Salvador, Angela Yung, Lucy Gilbert, Walter H. Gotlieb, Xing Zeng, Doneal Thomas   +8 more
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The Prevalence of Lower Limb and Genital Lymphedema after Prostate Cancer Treatment: A Systematic Review

Cancers, 2022
Simple Summary Prostate cancer patients that receive treatment (surgery of radiation therapy) directed to the pelvic lymph nodes may suffer from secondary lymphedema in the lower limbs and/or the genital area.
A. Clinckaert, Klaas Callens, Anne Cooreman, Annabel Bijnens, L. Moris, Charlotte Van Calster, I. Geraerts, S. Joniau, W. Everaerts   +8 more
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Adjustable Compression Wraps (ACW) vs. Compression Bandaging (CB) in the Acute Phase of Breast Cancer-Related Arm Lymphedema Management—A Prospective Randomized Study

Biology, 2023
The objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness, comfort and possibilities of the self-application of adjustable compression wraps (ACW) with compression bandaging (CB) in the acute phase of treatment in advanced upper-limb lymphedema.
Katarzyna Ochalek, Joanna Kurpiewska, Tomasz Gradalski   +2 more
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A novel KIF11 mutation in a Turkish patient with microcephaly, lymphedema, and chorioretinal dysplasia from a consanguineous family. [PDF]

, 2012
Microcephaly–lymphedema–chorioretinal dysplasia (MLCRD) syndrome is a rare syndrome that was first described in 1992. Characteristic craniofacial features include severe microcephaly, upslanting palpebral fissures, prominent ears, a broad nose, and a ...
Ostergaard, P, Kantekin, E, Ozkinay, F, Özkınay F., Kantekin, Esin, Ozturk T., Jeffery, S, Fusun Atlihan, Jeffery S., Hazan F., Atlihan, Fusun, Esin Kantekin, ÖZTÜRK, ARİF TAYLAN, Ostergaard P., Steve Jeffery, Ozturk, T, Jeffery, Steve, Kantekin E., Hazan, F, Pia Ostergaard, Taylan Ozturk, Ozkinay, Ferda, Ostergaard, Pia, Filiz Hazan, Atlihan F., Atlihan, F, Ferda Ozkinay, Hazan, Filiz   +27 more
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MRI of Lymphedema

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2022
Lymphedema is a devastating disease that has no cure. Management of lymphedema has evolved rapidly over the past two decades with the advent of surgeries that can ameliorate symptoms.
B. P. Salehi, R. Sibley, R. Friedman, Geunwon Kim, D. Singhal, A. Loening, L. Tsai   +6 more
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Lymphaticovenular anastomosis for recurrent cellulitis in a dementia patient with lymphedema

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2020
We describe a dementia patient with comorbid recurrent cellulitis and lymphedema in the left lower limb who was treated successfully for recurrent cellulitis by lymphaticovenular anastomosis (LVA).
Shuhei Yoshida, MD, PhD, Isao Koshima, MD, PhD, Hirofumi Imai, MD, Ayano Sasaki, MD, Shogo Nagamatsu, MD, PhD, Kazunori Yokota, MD, PhD   +5 more
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First-in-human robotic supermicrosurgery using a dedicated microsurgical robot for treating breast cancer-related lymphedema: a randomized pilot trial

Nature Communications, 2020
Advancements in reconstructive microsurgery have evolved into supermicrosurgery; connecting vessels with diameter between 0.3 and 0.8 mm for reconstruction of lymphatic flow and vascularized tissue transplantation.
T. V. van Mulken, R. Schols, Andrea M. J. Scharmga, B. Winkens, R. Cau, F. Schoenmakers, S. Qiu, R. R. van der Hulst, Xavier H. A. Thomas M. A. S. Andrzej A. Juliette E. Dionn Keuter Lauwers Piatkowski Hommes Deibel Budo Schee, X. Keuter, T. Lauwers, A. Piatkowski, J. Hommes, Dionne Deibel, Jessie E. M. Budo, J. Scheerhoorn, M. Rijkx   +16 more
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Data for the Spanish adaptation of Breast Cancer and Lymphedema Symptom Experience Index (BCLE SEI Esp)

Data in Brief, 2022
Breast cancer is one of the most diagnosed cancer in women worldwide and lymphedema is one of the most common late and chronic adverse effects of breast cancer treatment.
R Martin-Payo, J Cachero-Rodriguez, E Alvarez-Gomez, MR Fu, A Llaneza-Folgueras, MdM Fernandez-Alvarez   +5 more
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Lymphedema [PDF]

Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2000
Aggressively applied decongestive measures (ie, manual lymphatic drainage, low-stretch bandaging, exercise, skin care, application of compressive elastic garments) are the mainstay of lymphatic therapy. Therapeutic regimens should differentiate between the sequential goals of acute volume reduction and maintenance of limb volume.
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