TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 104. Lymphedema
A1  - Norton, Steve
A2  - Kuerer, Henry M.
PY  - 2010
T2  - Kuerer's Breast Surgical Oncology
AB  - Lymphedema  is  caused  when  protein-rich  fluid  accumulates  in  the  interstitium  due  to  impaired  function  of  lymphatic  tissues.  Proteins  and  other  macromolecular  wastes  with  water  constitute  lymphatic  functional  loads;  these  wastes  rely  upon  specially  structured  absorptive  and  transport  structures  in  regional  anatomy  for  their  return  to  the  central  circulation.  When  lymph  stasis  prevails,  inflammatory  processes  and  fibrosis  (lymphostatic  fibrosis)  trigger  changes  in  tissue  density,  further  entrapping  superficial  vessels  and  accelerating  the  mechanical  insufficiency.1  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/20
UR  - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6406997
ER  -