SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN LEAGUE OF ANGIOLOGY AND VASCULAR SURGERY 

International Angiology 2011 December;30(6):504-21

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language: English

General surgery, translational lymphology and lymphatic surgery

Campisi C. ¹, Witte M. H. ², Fulcheri E. ³, Campisi C. ⁴, Bellini C. ⁵, Villa G. ⁶, Campisi C. ⁷, Santi P. L. ⁴, Parodi A. ⁷, Murdaca G. ⁸, Puppo F. ⁸, Boccardo F. ¹ ✉

¹ Unit of Lymphatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, IRCCS University Hospital S. Martino/IST, National Institute for, Cancer Research, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; ² Department of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA; ³ Institute of Pathologic Anatomy, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; ⁴ Unit of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; ⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Gaslini Institute, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; ⁶ Unit of Nuclear Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; ⁷ Section of Dermatology, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; ⁸ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

A wide clinical experience in General Surgery has brought about a remarkable knowledge about lymphatic disorders both primary and secondary ones. Diagnostic and histopathological studies of lymphatic diseases allowed to better understand etiological aspects and pathophysiological mechanisms responsible of complex clinical features correlated to lymphatic dysfunctions. Translational lymphologic basic and clinical researches permitted to improve therapeutical approaches both from the medical and surgical point of view. Thus, strategies of treatment were proposed to prevent lymphatic injuries, to avoid lymphatic complications and to treat lymphatic diseases early in order to be able even to cure these pathologies.