C. Campisi

TL;DR: Treatment in the maintenance phase should include compression garments, self-management, including self-massage, meticulous personal hygiene and skin care, in addition to lymphtransport-promoting excercises and activities, and, if desired, pneumatic compression therapy applied in the home.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used upper limb lymphscintigraphy (LS), principles for lymphedema risk minimization, and early management of this condition when it was identified.

TL;DR: Microsurgical derivative procedures to treat chronic lymphedemas of the limbs are reported here and results after more than 5 years showed improvement in about 70% of the cases.

TL;DR: Microsurgical lymphatic derivative and reconstructive techniques allow bringing about positive results in the treatment of peripheral lymphedema, above all in early stages when tissular changes are slight and allow almost a complete restore of lymphatic drainage.

TL;DR: The need for an international prospective trial is suggested in an effort to establish the efficacy and effectiveness of diagnostic and therapeutic options described in this article.