Treatment of elephantiasis with physiological retraction of the skin to clinical standards of normality
Stage III lymphedema, also known as elephantiasis, is the most advanced stage and involves the occurrence of large deformities. This article reports the case of a 30-year-old woman with bilateral stage III lymphedema who weighed 109 kg. The largest circumference measurements below the knee were 97 c...
Main Authors: | Jose M. P de Godoy, Maria de Fatima Guerreiro Godoy, Henrique J. P de Godoy |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2023-01-01
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Series: | Indian Dermatology Online Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.idoj.in/article.asp?issn=2229-5178;year=2023;volume=14;issue=4;spage=516;epage=520;aulast=de |
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