Supermicrosurgical Lymphvenous Bypass Intervention for Treatment

Chang Gung Medical Foundation

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Lymphedema of Leg

Treatments: Other: Antegrade and retrograde anastomoses; Other: Antegrade-only anastomoses

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05270629

202101384B0

Details and patient eligibility

About

Background: In addition to antegrade anastomosis, retrograde anastomosis has been thought to offer further improvements after lymphaticovenous anastomosis (LVA) by bypassing the retrograde lymphatic flow. However, this concept has yet to be validated. The aim of this study was to determine the impacts on outcomes of performing both retrograde and antegrade anastomosis, as compared to antegrade-only anastomosis for treating lower limb lymphedema.

Enrollment: 87 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Lower limb lymphedema patients.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who have had previous LVA, liposuction, or excisional therapy such as the Charles procedure were excluded.

Trial design

87 participants in 1 patient group

Lower limb lymphedema patients

Description:

This was a retrospective cohort propensity score-matched study. Patients with lower limb lymphedema were enrolled.

Treatment:

Other: Antegrade-only anastomoses

Other: Antegrade and retrograde anastomoses