The role of operative management of "symptomatic" varicose veins in patients with lower extremity lymphedema or lipedema is controversial. We reviewed the clinical outcome of 261 patients between 1989-1997 at the Földiclinic with lower extremity lymphedema (68 patients), lipo-lymphedema or lympho-lipedema (103 patients) or lipedema (90 patients) who had undergone operation for varicose veins. I...

conclusions postural stress among female machinists can increase the level of si to fairly risky and dangerous. also, changes in rating hand/wrist qec scores with hand/wrist si score were proportional in the studied samples. the si can increase under the influence of noise above 85 db, although it is not statistically significant. results there was no significant difference between work experie...

IMPORTANCE This observational study characterizes a new clinical condition identified in 55 military trainees. OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence and underlying cause of bilateral lower extremity inflammatory lymphedema in Air Force basic trainees. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS An observational study was conducted at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Participants included...

43 Introduction: Lymphedema, a common complication of cancer treatment, is characterized by 44 inflammation, fibrosis, and adipose deposition. We previously have shown that macrophage 45 infiltration is increased in mouse models of lymphedema. Because macrophages are regulators of 46 lymphangiogenesis and fibrosis, this study aimed to determine the role of these cells in lymphedema 47 using dep...

horse shoe shaped lipoma of the upper extremity is a very rare entity. we present a case of 45 years old female who presented with painless progressive swelling over the distal forearm and tingling and numbness over the ulnar nerve territory. mri and surgical exploration showed a horse shoe shaped multilobulated lipoma encasing the distal ulna. the mass was excised in toto, and the sensory alte...

A 78-year-old man presented to our wound clinic with bilateral lower-extremity weeping ulcerations. He had been diagnosed with lymphedema 5 years previously after sigmoidectomy for obstructing adenocarcinoma. Intraoperatively, there was no evidence of gross adenopathy or metastasis. He declined further treatment or imaging at that time, and was noncompliant with lymphedema therapy. His medical ...

BACKGROUND Fibrosis can enhance the exacerbation of lymphedema, which becomes obvious in late stage II-III lymphedema. However, whether far-infrared radiation thermotherapy (FIRT) can cure lymphedema fibrosis is still lack of research. This research was to investigate the therapeutic effect of FIRT on tissue fibrosis in the treatment of Late stage II-III lymphedema. METHODS Patients accepted ...

INTRODUCTION Secondary lymphedema affects approximately 40% of women treated for breast cancer and is recognized as a major problem associated with the therapy of malignant tumors. Consequently, new therapeutic methods are constantly being sought to effectively eliminate the condition. One of the new forms of edema management, especially in the initial stages of edematous development, is Kinesi...