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Surgery in Congential Lymphedema: A Follow-Up of 50 Years

Department of Physiotherapy Hospital Dresden-Friedrichstadt, Dresden, Germany

Uwe Wollina, MD

Department of Dermatology Hospital Dresden-Friedrichstadt, Dresden, Germany, wollina-uw{at}khdf.de

Surgical methods have been widely used in the past to treat patients with congential lymphedema. There are only scant data in recent literature about the long-term outcome of these mostly historical methods. On the other hand, the subject is not only of interest to those concerned with the history of medicine but also may raise a couple of questions about treating such patients today. The authors report on a 77-year-old female patient with congential lymphedema with a 50-year follow-up after lymphedema resection and focus on practical problems of bandaging today.

Key Words: congential lymphedema • lymphedema surgery • bandaging

The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds, Vol. 2, No. 3, 173-176 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/1534734603259480


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