Relief Of Chronic Lymphedema By Omental Transposition
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Omental transposition in treatment of Alzheimer disease.
It is now recognized that Alzheimer disease (AD) is one of the most devastating problems confronting the practice of medicine today. This disease has severe social and economic consequences that will only increase greatly in the future. Currently, there are 1,000 new cases of AD diagnosed daily in the United States. 1 When these patients are added to the 4.5 million Americans already diagnosed ...
متن کاملChronic Lymphedema and Its Treatment
L 'anatomie ct la pathologie du systeme lymphatique sont discutees a la lumieres des etudes lymphographiques. Ces etudes ont surtout demontre l'indeoendance relative des deux systemes lymphatiques superficiel et profond et lamplexite des anomalies que l'en rencontre a leur niveau. Les lymphoedeme primaires sont distangues. Les nouvelles tec'.111iques operatoires employees pour le traitement de...
متن کاملProspective study of omental transposition in patients with chronic spinal injury.
OBJECTIVES This prospective study was designed to assess the effects of omental transposition in patients with a chronic spinal injury. METHODS Neurological status was established to be stable and multiple baseline across patient studies were done preoperatively and repeated postoperatively. Assessments included activities of daily living (ADL), functional ability, degree of spasticity, motor...
متن کاملPreliminary Communication Omental Transposition to Brain of Stroke Patients
The intact omentum was transposed to the surface of the brain in three aphasic patients who had stabilized following a dominant hemisphere ischemic stroke. The procedure was found to be safe, causing little physical disfigurement. Subjective and objective improvement in these patients, who are on a strict experimental protocol, has provided encouragement to continue this study in a deliberate a...
متن کاملAfter omental flap transposition, respiratory function and exercise capacity decrease.
PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of respiratory function and exercise capacity after omental flap transposition. METHODS From October 2005 to December 2006, we classified mediastinitis patients treated with omental flap transposition (OT group; n = 10) and patients who underwent only cardiovascular surgery without developing complications (control group; n = 25). Percent vital capacity (%VC) wa...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1967
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-196710000-00006