Secondary (radiation) edemas of the extremities
Tsyb, A.F.; Bardychev, M.S.; Guseva, L.I.
Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I. I. Grekova 125(7): 53-59
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4625 PMID: 7414894 Document Number: 159597
The results of clinical examinations and treatment of 96 patients with secondary (radiation) edemas of the extremities developing in late terms after radiation therapy of malignant tumors are discussed. The edema genesis is associated both with immediate radiation damage of lymph and blood vessels (veins), and with fibrous alterations of tissues in the radiation zone.