Lymphedema - A Concise Compendium of Theory and Practice

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.

List of 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
Gyözö 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 Földi   
 
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
Gyözö Szolnoky 
 
41. Upper limb lymphedema
Robert Damstra
 
42. Head, Face, & neck lymphedema
Anne-Marie Vaillant-Newman and Stanley G. Rockson
 
43. Genital lymphedema
Stéphane 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
Håkan 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

About the author

Professor B.B. Lee began his career as a founding member of the transplant and vascular surgery program at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in 1979. He is now better known as a leading vascular surgeon in the field of veno-lymphatic disorders in the U.S. and a world authority on congenital vascular malformation and lymphedema. Prof. Lee, a disciple of the late David Hume of the Medical College of Virginia (Richmond, Virginia), has also made far-reaching contributions in the field of transplant surgery. During his tenure at Johns Hopkins University as clinical professor of surgery, he established a world-class living-related liver transplantation program in Seoul, Korea, as the founding professor and chairman of the Surgical Sciences Department at Samsung Medical Center and SungKyunKwan University. In recognition of his contributions to vascular surgery, Prof. Lee was named Distinguished Fellow by the Society for Vascular Surgery in the U.S. He has published over 800 original papers and abstracts in addition to more than four dozen book chapters, mainly in the field of vascular malformation and lymphedema. He has also given more than 500 lectures around the world. Prof. Lee has been serving on numerous national and international peer-reviewed journals as an editor as well as a reviewer specializing in the field of vascular malformation and lymphedema. He has played a critical role in introducing vascular malformation into the mainstream of vascular surgery. Consequently, Prof. Lee was invited by the Royal Society of Medicine and the American College of Phlebology Foundation to contribute as guest editor to a special issue of Phlebology on venous malformation in 2007. He was also invited by the American Venous Forum to write a chapter on AV malformation for the Handbook of Venous Disorders. Most notably, he was invited by the Society of Vascular Surgery/Journal of Vascular Surgery editorial board to write the vascular malformation chapter for Rutherford's Vascular Surgery, which remains the leading textbook for vascular surgeons around the world. Recently, both societies invited Prof. Lee back to write for, and update, their new editions. Prof. Lee has served as president or vice president on many national and international societies, including the IUA (International Union of Angiology) and the IUP (International Union of Phlebology). He has been elected to honorary as well as emeritus member status by numerous phlebology and lymphology societies throughout the world. For decades, he has led the IUP in addition to the IUA, boosting the image of both societies through his outstanding academic contributions. He has also successfully organized numerous world consensuses, including the consensuses on Primary Lymphedema and Venous Malformation for the IUP, in addition to the consensuses on AV malformation for the IUA. Until recently, Prof. Lee served on the ISVS (International Society of Vascular Surgery) as Vice President and also the American Specialty Board of Venous and Lymphatic Disease as a member of the Board of Directors, to promote this new specialty throughout the U.S. In 2011, Prof. Lee moved from Georgetown University to George Washington University, Washington, D.C., to provide worldwide services as the director of the Center for Vascular Malformation and Lymphedema. He also regularly contributes to the Uniformed Services University/Walter Reed Army Medical Center as Adjunct Professor and to Johns Hopkins University as Visiting Professor in addition to Georgetown University. 
Dr. Stanley Rockson is the Allan and Tina Neill Professor of Lymphatic Research and Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. After earning his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine, Dr Rockson completed his internship and residency training in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Harvard Medical School, in Boston, Massachusetts, and fellowship training in the cardiac unit of Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Society of Vascular Medicine, American College of Angiology, and American College of Physicians, as well as a member of the International Society of Lymphology, American Society of Internal Medicine, and the Paul Dudley White Society, among others. As a principal investigator or co-investigator, he has been involved in numerous clinical trials researching various aspects of lymphatic disease, vascular biology and cardiovascular medicine. His basic research involves the investigation of disease pathogenesis and identification of biomarkers of lymphatic diseases, as well as research into molecular and pharmacologic therapeutics. As a Professor of Medicine, Dr. Rockson serves concurrently as the Stanford’s Chief of Consultative Cardiology and the Director of the Stanford Center for Lymphatic and Venous Disorders. Dr Rockson is Editor-in-Chief of Lymphatic Research and Biology and sits on the editorial board of Angiology. Dr. Rockson works closely with National Institutes of Health, in an advisory capacity, to advance the agenda for lymphatic research. He has been a frequent invited lecturer at national and international meetings, congresses, and societies. He is the Founding Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Lymphatic Research Foundation (now LE&RN) and has served as Chair of the inaugural Gordon Research Conference entitled ‘Molecular Mechanisms in Lymphatic Function and Disease’. He is the co-author of Lymphedema: A Concise Compendium of Theory and Practice. Dr. Rockson has authored more than 150 scientific papers, reviews, book chapters and books devoted to various aspects of lymphatic biology and disease, vascular biology, and cardiovascular medicine.

Summary

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.

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“This book is most suitable for clinicians and healthcare providers who encounter and participate in the care of patients with lymphedema. It is a valuable resource for trainees at many levels, particularly the sections about the history, pathogenesis, and clinical diagnosis of lymphedema. … this book offers a much more thorough review of the biology and pathophysiology of these diseases. … This updated edition provides new information regarding our understanding of lymphatic biology and current treatment approaches.” (Katherine Hekman, Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2018)

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"This book is most suitable for clinicians and healthcare providers who encounter and participate in the care of patients with lymphedema. It is a valuable resource for trainees at many levels, particularly the sections about the history, pathogenesis, and clinical diagnosis of lymphedema. ... this book offers a much more thorough review of the biology and pathophysiology of these diseases. ... This updated edition provides new information regarding our understanding of lymphatic biology and current treatment approaches." (Katherine Hekman, Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2018)

Product details

• Assisted by: John Bergan (Editor), John J. Bergan (Editor), Stanle G Rockson (Editor), Stanley G Rockson (Editor), Byung-Boong Lee (Editor), Stanley G. Rockson (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9783319524214
• ISBN: 978-3-31-952421-4
• No. of pages: 972
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 54 mm x 243 mm
• Weight: 2010 g
• Illustrations: XXVIII, 972 p. 200 illus., 150 illus. in color.
• Series: Springer
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine