Recommendations for the management of patients with lymphoedema

  • Tanja Planinšek Ručigaj Department of Dermatovenereology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Matija Kozak Department of Vascular Diseases, Division of Internal Medicine, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Ana Slana Department of Dermatovenereology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Nikola Bešič Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Andreja Cokan Vujkovac Slovenj Gradec General Hospital, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
  • Marko Grmek Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Albin Stritar Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Nada Kecelj Leskovec Department of Dermatovenereology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6016/ZdravVestn.2861
Keywords: lymphoedema, Stemmer's sign, lymphoscintigraphy, ultrasonography, CT scan, MR imaging, compression treatment, surgery

Abstract

Clinical manifestations of lymphoedema are described, followed by diagnostic evaluation and different treatment possibilities.

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Planinšek Ručigaj T, Kozak M, Slana A, Bešič N, Cokan Vujkovac A, Grmek M, Stritar A, Kecelj Leskovec N. Recommendations for the management of patients with lymphoedema. TEST ZdravVestn [Internet]. 1Sep.2018 [cited 19Apr.2024];87(7-8):393-02. Available from: http://vestnik-dev.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/2861
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