Main description:

The second edition of this book serves as a central source of theoretical and practical knowledge to optimize the evaluation and treatment of patients with lymphedema. The book covers all aspects of the disease from anatomical and histological features to diagnosis as well as physical/medical and surgical management of the disease.

Updated from the first edition to reflect the substantial progress in diagnostics, medical care and surgical intervention for this patient population, this volume has been reorganized to meet today's practice requirements. It addresses the challenges faced by clinicians in the management of chronic lymphedema enabling them to meet the medical needs of this large patient community.

Edited by world leaders in Vascular Medicine and Surgery, this comprehensive volume provides clear, concise background and recommendations in an easy-to-use format. It is a valuable reference tool for clinical practitioners (physicians/nurse practitioners/technicians) who wish to deliver state-of-the-art health care to their patients with lymphatic and venous disorders.

Contents:

Foreword: J. Lionel Villavicencio

Preface: BB Lee and Stanley Rockson

Section I - Introduction

1. General Overview

Byung-Boong Lee and Stanley G. Rockson

2 Etiology and Classification of Lymphatic Disorders

Stanley G. Rockson

3 Hereditary and Familial Lymphedemas

Peter Mortimer

Section II - Embryology, Anatomy, & Histology

4. Lymphatic Vascular Development and Lymphangiogenesis

Stanley G. Rockson

5. Anatomy of the Lymphatic System and its Structural Disorders

Hiroo Suami

Section III - Physiology, Pathophysiology and Lymphodynamics

6. General Overview

Stanley G. Rockson

7. Lymphodynamics

Stanley G. Rockson

8. Physiology- Lymph Flow

David C Zawieja

9. Biomechanics of the Lymphatic Circulation

James Moore

10. Pathology & Histochemistry

Waldemar Olszewski

11. The Cellular and Molecular Composition of Lymph

Laura Santambrogio

Section IV - Clinical Diagnosis

12. General Overview

Stanley G. Rockson

13. Clinical Staging

Sandro Michelini

14. Combined Clinical and Laboratory (Lymphoscintigraphic) Staging

Byung-Boong Lee, James Laredo, and Richard Neville

15. Diagnostic considerations in latent and early stage lymphedema

Leigh Ward

16. Cutaneous manifestations of edema

Peter Mortimer

17. Differential Diagnosis of Edema

Stanley Rockson

18. Differential Diagnosis: Venous Edema

Eri Fukuyama

19. Differential Diagnosis: Lipedema

Gyozo Szolnoky

Section V - Laboratory/Imaging Diagnosis

20. General Guidelines

Andrzej Szuba

21. Radionuclide Lymphoscintigraphy

Pierre Bourgeois

22. Duplex ultrasonography

Attilio Cavezzi

23. Oil Contrast Lymphangiography

J. Lionel Villavicencio

24. Fluorescent microlymphangiography

Claudio Allegra

25. Near Infrared Fluorescent Lymphography

Takumi Yamamoto

26. MR Lymphangiography

NingFei Liu

27. Combined role of the lymphoscintigraphy, Xray Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Positron Emission Tomography in the management of lymphedematous disease

Pierre Bourgeois

28. Alternative assessment & measurement tools

Neil Piller

Section VI - Physical and Medical Management

29. General Overview

Stanley G. Rockson

30. Physiological principles of physiotherapy

Ethel Foldi

31. Complex Decongestive Therapy

Kristiane Gordon

32. Compression Therapy

Hugo Partsch

33. Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Therapy

Stanley G. Rockson

34. Other contemporary treatment modalities

Neil Piller

35. Medical treatment options

Stanley G. Rockson

36. Diagnosis and Managment of Infection in Lymphedema

Waldemar Olszewski

37. The prospect for genetic and growth factor therapies

Stanley G. Rockson

38. Compliance and Quality of Life

Sheila Ridner

39. Lymphedema Healthcare Delivery

Jane Armer

Section VII - Practical issues in the Physiotherapeutic Approach to Lymphedema

40. Lower limb lymphedema

Gyozo Szolnoky

41. Upper limb lymphedema

Robert Damstra

42. Head, Face, & neck lymphedema

Anne-Marie Vaillant-Newman and Stanley G. Rockson

43. Genital lymphedema

Stephane Vigne

Section VIII - Surgical treatment - Reconstructive Surgery

44. General Overview

Peter Gloviczki

45. Principles of Patient Selection for Surgical Management

Joseph Dayan

46. Lympho-venous bypass surgery

Francesco Boccardo and Corradino Campisi

47. Lympho-lymphatic bypass surgery

Ruediger Baumeister

48. Lymph node-to-venous bypass and other related reconstructive surgery

Gurusamy Manokaran

49. Lymph nodes transplantation

Dung Nguyen and Corinne Becker

50. Surgical Management of Lipedema

Mark Smith

51. Controversies and Current Dilemmas in Reconstructive Surgery for Lymphedema

Byung-Boong Lee, James Laredo, and Richard Neville

52. Future prospects in lymphatic reconstructive surgery

David Chang

Section IX - Surgical treatment: Excisional and Debulking Techniques <

53. Contemporary indications and controversies in excisional surgery

Byung-Boong Lee, James Laredo, and Richard Neville

54. General Principles for debulking/excisional surgery

Gurusamy Manokaran

55. Suction-Assisted Lipectomy for the Management of Lymphedema

Hakan Brorson

Section X - Congenital Vascular Malformation with Lymphatic Involvement

56. Primary lymphedema and Lymphatic Malformation

Byung-Boong Lee, James Laredo and Richard Neville

57. Syndromic Lympedema and Complex Vascular Malformations with Lymphatic Involvement

Francine Blei

58. An Atlas of Neonatal and Infantile Lymphedema

Cristobal Miguel Papendieck and Miguel Amore

Section XII - Management of Chyle Reflux and Effusions

59. Pathophysiology and Medical Management of Chylous Disorders

Francine Blei

60. Surgical management of Chylous Reflux

Steve Fishman

61. Endovascular Catheter-based Management of Chylous Effusions

Max Itkin

Section XII - Lymphatic Filariasis

62. Epidemiology

LeAnn Fox

63. Etiology & Pathophysiology

Thomas Nutman

64. Clinical Overview- Diagnosis & Management

Gurusamy Manokaran

Section XIV - Oncology and lymphedema

65. Breast cancer

Sharon L. Kilbreath

66. Lower extremity cancers

Mi-Joung Lee and Stanley G. Rockson

67. Radiation Complication

Kathleen Horst

Section - XV - Phlebolymphedema

68. Diagnosis and Management of Primary Phlebolymphedema

James Laredo and Byung-Boong Lee

69. Diagnosis and Management of Secondary Phlebolymphedema

Attilio Cavezzi

70. Management of phlebolymphedema ulcer

Sergio Gianesini (and Erica Menegatti)

Epilogue

BB Lee & Stan Rockson