title: Lymphaticoperitoneal and Lymphaticopleural Shunting to Treat Lymphedema; a New Therapeutic Approach.
abstract: Lymphedema is a common and progressive disease which causes deterioration of the quality of life of the patients, and still, there is no gold standard therapeutic option. In this article, we discuss about our new approach to deal with management of lymphedema which is lymphatic drainage by a subcutaneous channel which is designed as lymphaticoperitoneal and lymphaticopleural shunts for lower and upper extremity lymphedema, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Vascular Surgery Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hodjati
authors.affiliation: Vascular Surgery Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Electronic address: ghoddusih@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Hamed Ghoddusi
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Johari
mesh_terms: D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D042601:Lymphatic Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012828:Silicones; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000295:instrumentation
chemical_list: D012828:Silicones