Lymphedema: A Concise Compendium of Theory and Practice (Paperback, 2, Softcover Repri)

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 Gyozo 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 Foldi 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 Gyozo Szolnoky 41. Upper limb lymphedema Robert Damstra 42. Head, Face, & neck lymphedema Anne-Marie Vaillant-Newman and Stanley G. Rockson 43. Genital lymphedema Stephane 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