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Lymphedema Liposuction with Immediate Limb Contouring
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Lymphedema Liposuction with Immediate Limb Contouring

Wei F Chen, Wei-Feng Zeng, Patrick J Hawkes, Jeanette Man and Mindy Bowen
Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open, Vol.7(11), pp.e2513-e2513
2019
DOI: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000002513
PMCID: PMC6908351
PMID: 31942304
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https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000002513View
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Abstract

Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Liposuction is the treatment of choice for solid predominant extremity lymphedema. The classic lymphedema liposuction technique does not remove skin excess created following bulk removal. The skin excess is presumed to resolve with spontaneous skin contracture. We investigated the technique of simultaneously performing liposuction with immediate skin excision in patients with solid predominant lymphedema and compared the outcome with that from the classic technique.
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