Interface Pressures Derived from a Calibrated Bandage Applied for Compression Therapy.

We sought to clarify the interface pressure (IP) and its variation by applying Biflex16, a calibrated bandage, to the lower leg. In Study I, 50 participants applied a bandage to the lower leg of a single subject in two ways: first, with 50% overlap, while the calibration rectangle became a square (Application 1), and then with 50% overlap without intentional stretch (Application 2) which served as a control. In Study II, another 51 participants applied the bandage to their lower leg via Application 1.

A successfully treated case of Lemmel syndrome with pancreaticobiliary maljunction: A case report.

Background: Lemmel syndrome is a rare condition that leads to cholangitis and/or pancreatitis due to intraduodenal diverticulum. Surgery is considered for the treatment of severe or repeated symptoms in patients with this condition.

Case Presentation: An 81-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital, complaining of general fatigue, BT 38.

Long-term results of microscopic lymphatic vessel-isolated vein anastomosis for secondary lymphedema of the lower extremities.

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of microscopic lymphatic vessel-isolated vein anastomosis in patients with secondary obstructive lymphedema of a lower extremity, refractory to nonoperative management.

Methods: Nine women suffered from nonpitting edema of one or both legs (11 limbs) after radical hysterectomy with postoperative irradiation for uterine cancer. The indications for this operation were repeated cellulitis and severe nonpitting edema impairing limb function.

Autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cell implantation for patients with peripheral arterial disease improves limb ischemia.

Background: Implantation of bone marrow mononuclear cells, including endothelial progenitor cells, into ischemic limbs has been shown to improve collateral vessel formation. In the present study the safety and feasibility of autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNCs) implantation after granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF)-induced mobilization was investigated in patients with severe peripheral arterial disease.

Methods And Results: Six cases were enrolled: 5 of thromboangitis obliterans and 1 of arteriosclerosis obliterans.

Air plethysmographic assessment of external valvuloplasty in patients with valvular incompetence of the saphenous and deep veins.

Purpose: The indications for deep venous valvuloplasty remain controversial in patients with incompetent deep vein valves associated with primary varicose veins. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of external femoral valvuloplasty performed simultaneously with varicose vein surgery from the standpoint of venous function determined with air plethysmography.

Patients And Methods: Thirty-one limbs of 25 patients (12 men, 13 women; mean age, 56.