Results of surgical treatment of massive localized lymphedema in severely obese patients

OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the importance of treatment of deformities caused by massive localized lymphedema (MLL) in the severely obese. METHODS: in a period of seven years, nine patients with morbid obesity and a mean age of 33 years underwent surgical resection of massive localized lymphedema with...

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Published in:	Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
Main Authors:	Wilson Cintra Júnior, Miguel Luiz Antonio Modolin, Rodrigo Itocazo Rocha, Thadeu Rangel Fernandes, Ariel Barreto Nogueira, Rolf Gemperli
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
Subjects:	Lymphedema Lymphedema/etiology Lymphedema/pathology Lymphedema/surgery Obesity, morbid/ complications
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69912014000100018&lng=en&tlng=en