title: [Giant lymphedema of the upper extremity. A case report].
abstract: The giant lymphoedema of upper limb still a difficult therapeutic problem. The authors report a case treated as a Charle's operation derived. They underline the operation's value. As they are experienced with the third-degree burned patients, they insist on the respect of the pre-muscular aponevrosis during the excision and how as possible it's better to take the split-thickness skin graft on the excised skin. Excision and graft are made during the same operation. They come back to the initial medical treatment and to the different surgical treatments.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital St-Joseph-St-Luc, département des brûlés et de chirurgie plastique, 9, rue Grignard, 69007 Lyon, France.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Bichet
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Comparin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Revol
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Boulos
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Foyatier
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001132:Arm / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods
vernacular_title: Lymphoedème géant du membre supérieur droit. A propos d'un cas.