Victoria A Dahl, Kashyap Tadisina, Eva Hale, Natalia Fullerton, Juan Mella-Catinchi, Kyle Xu
INTRODUCTION: The microsurgical treatment of lymphedema has been well studied and has been shown to be effective, especially in cancer-related lymphedema. Post traumatic lymphedema (PTL) is a debilitating condition that remains understudied and underreported, and surgical techniques for PTL treatment are not well represented in the literature. The purpose of this study was to systematically review all published reports of physiologic surgical interventions for PTL. METHODS: A search was conducted of PubMed, MEDLINE, Embase, and Web of Science, from 2000 to December 6th, 2022, using keywords "PTL," "lymphedema," and "surgery" to identify reports of PTL treated with microsurgical lymphatic reconstruction techniques...
January 30, 2024: Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery