Editorial for the Special Issue "Vasorum Lymphaticorum: From the Discovery of the Lymphatic System to the New Perspectives in Microsurgical Reconstruction and Patient Rehabilitation"

Alberto Bolletta; Luigi Losco; Emanuele Cigna

doi:10.3390/medicina60020307

Editorial for the Special Issue "Vasorum Lymphaticorum: From the Discovery of the Lymphatic System to the New Perspectives in Microsurgical Reconstruction and Patient Rehabilitation"

Medicina (Kaunas). 2024 Feb 10;60(2):307. doi: 10.3390/medicina60020307.

Authors

Alberto Bolletta¹, Luigi Losco², Emanuele Cigna¹

Affiliations

¹ Plastic Surgery and Microsurgery Unit, Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
² Plastic Surgery Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Salerno, Italy.

Abstract

Lymphedema is a complex clinical condition that appears as a result of the failure of the lymphatic system function, and it is characterized by edema, fibrosis, and adipose deposition [...].

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Adiposity
Fibrosis
Humans
Lymphatic System*
Lymphedema* / surgery
Obesity