How To Effectively Treat Lymphedema

Suction Assisted Lipectomy

Suction-assisted lipectomy is a surgical procedure used to treat cases of chronic lymphedema that cannot be managed by otherwise conservative measures. When an individual is affected by chronic lymphedema, the inflammation from fluid spillage can encourage fat stem cells to multiply and grow into adipose tissue. This accumulation of fatty tissue causes the limb to become significantly larger in volume than the rest of the patient's limbs. This abnormality often leads to physical debilitation from the limb imbalance. Even muscle and bone begin to grow to compensate for the excess load of tissue. Suction-assisted lipectomy or liposuction uses a technique that involves the suction of fat from affected tissues. The type of liposuction used in the treatment of lymphedema is highly specialized and not the same as the cosmetic type of liposuction. Suction-assisted lipectomy is not a long term cure for a patient's lymphatic dysfunction, and it only regresses the disease to a certain point. It treats the complications and debilitation that results when an individual reaches advanced stage lymphedema.

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