{"title":"Immediate Limb Compression Following Supermicrosurgical Lymphaticovenular Anastomosis – Is It Helpful or Harmful?","authors":"Wei F. Chen, Mindy J. Bowen, Johnson Ding","doi":"10.24983/SCITEMED.IMJ.2018.00063","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Immediate limb compression following the LVA procedure facilitates lymphatic drainage and increases the surgical efficacy by increasing the number of functioning anastomoses, and is a recommended postoperative practice.","PeriodicalId":252045,"journal":{"name":"International Microsurgery Journal","volume":"18 774 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"18","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Microsurgery Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.24983/SCITEMED.IMJ.2018.00063","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Immediate limb compression following the LVA procedure facilitates lymphatic drainage and increases the surgical efficacy by increasing the number of functioning anastomoses, and is a recommended postoperative practice.