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Surgical Treatment of Postmastectomy Lymphedema – Liposuction

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There are various possible explanations for adipose tissue hypertrophy in lymphedema. There is a physiological imbalance of blood flow and lymphatic drainage, resulting in the impaired clearance of lipids and their uptake by macrophages.1,2 There is increasing support, however, for the view that the fat cell is an endocrine organ and a cytokine-activated cell,3,4 and chronic inflammation plays a role here.5,6

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  1. Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

    Håkan Brorson

  2. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Skåne University Hospital, SE-205 02, Malmö, Sweden

    Håkan Brorson

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  2. School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, 92037, California, USA

    John Bergan

  3. Falk Cardiovascular Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, 94305, USA

    Stanley G. Rockson

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Brorson, H. (2011). Surgical Treatment of Postmastectomy Lymphedema – Liposuction. In: Lee, BB., Bergan, J., Rockson, S. (eds) Lymphedema. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-567-5_50

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