Control of Lymphorrhea and Treatment of Warty Excrescences in Elephantiasis

• Main Authors: José Maria Pereira de Godoy (Author), Patricia Amador Franco Brigídio (Author), Edivandra Buzato (Author), Maria de Fátima Guerreiro Godoy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The aim of this study is to report the control of lymphorrhea in the intensive treatment of elephantiasis, using an Unna boot. The case of a 29-year-old female patient is reported. This young patient evolved with the more serious form of lymphedema, elephantiasis, after surgical treatment of an abdo...