Das Lymphangiosarkom (LAS) kann als seltene Komplikation eines primären Lymphödems entstehen. Wir berichten über den Fall eines LAS bei einer 36-jährigen Patientin mit hereditärem Lymphödem der unteren Extremität. Trotz Chemotherapie, regionaler ...
Hintergrund: Aus klinischer Erfahrung ist bekannt, dass lymphatische Erkrankungen mit Einschränkungen der Lebensqualität (LQ) verbunden sein können. Angesichts des Fehlens validierter Erhebungsmethoden haben jedoch nur wenige Studien die LQ bei ...
Background: Exploring patients’ computer and internet use, their expectations and attitudes is mandatory for successful introduction of interactive online health-care applications in Angiology. Patients and methods: We included 165 outpatients suffering ...
Lymphödem und Lipödem sind chronisch progrediente Erkrankungen, ohne dass bisher eine kausale Therapie besteht. Beide Leiden stellen für viele Hausärzte eher seltene Krankheitsbilder dar und werden deswegen häufig lange nicht diagnostiziert. ...
Background: Clinical experience indicates that edema often remain undiagnosed. The aim of this study was to examine how much time passes between important events in the patient journey and what predicts delayed consultation and diagnosis. Patients and ...
Background: To clarify the clinical use of sonography for differentiation of edema we tried to answer the question whether a group of doctors can differentiate lymphedema from cardiac, hepatic or venous edema just by analysing sonographic images of the ...
Background: Little is known about comprehensively measured health and quality of life of lower limb lymphedema (LLL). The aim of this study was to determine health and quality of life of LLL patients stratified by primary and secondary lymphedema compared ...
Abstract. Lymphedema is a chronic, progressive, and common but often unrecognized condition. The diagnosis of lymphatic disease on clinical grounds alone remains a challenge. Without proper diagnosis, therapy is ...
Summary: Backgrounds: Costs for manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) paid by the Statutory Health Insurances (SHI) have increased disproportionately in Germany in the last decade. There is no obvious reason that this increase is due to an ...
Summary: Drainage of the arterial wall via adventitial lymphatic vessels has been shown to play a pivotal role for vessel wall homeostasis. Also, retrograde cholesterol transport is ensured via this route, but no studies exist to ...
Summary:Background: To compare the effectiveness of intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) and/or manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) associated to compression stockings in the maintenance treatment of lymphedema. Patients and methods: Patients in the ...
Surgical Therapy of Chronic Lymphedema – Pushing the LimitsAbstract. Lymphedema is a chronic progressive and potentially debiliating disease that is frequently observed after cancer treatment. Radical lymphadenectomy and radiotherapy which are strongly ...
Lipedema, the UnknownAbstract. Lipoedema patients suffer from the widespread ignorance of their pathology. Considering its chronic, progressive and invalidating character, the early diagnosis of the disease must constitute ...
Arm Swelling with a Camouflaged CauseAbstract. We report on a 72-year-old patient who presented to the emergency department due to a proximal multiple-fragment humeral fracture on the left. Despite correct therapeutic ...
Abstract:Background: Evidence for behavioral weight loss interventions demonstrates promising effects, but stress management training for weight loss and stress reduction in patients with lymphedema and obesity during rehabilitation has ...