A case of inguinal lymphaticovenular anastomosis for refractory lymphatic ascites after uterine cancer surgery

Atsuhiko Iwao; Noriko Ikari; Akihito Higashi; Yuki Moriuchi; Rina Akashi; Koumei Asabe; Kazuya Kashiyama; Yuriko Kitajima; Katsumi Tanaka

doi:10.1080/23320885.2024.2304617

A case of inguinal lymphaticovenular anastomosis for refractory lymphatic ascites after uterine cancer surgery

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2024 Jan 18;11(1):2304617. doi: 10.1080/23320885.2024.2304617. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Atsuhiko Iwao¹, Noriko Ikari¹, Akihito Higashi¹, Yuki Moriuchi¹, Rina Akashi¹, Koumei Asabe¹, Kazuya Kashiyama¹, Yuriko Kitajima², Katsumi Tanaka¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.

Abstract

We herein report a case of refractory lymphatic ascites after uterine cancer surgery treated with bilateral inguinal lymphaticovenular anastomosis (LVA). LVA was performed four months after the uterine cancer surgery in a patient with refractory ascites that had developed one month after the gynecologic surgery. One year and eight months after LVA, there was no recurrence of ascites accumulation.

Keywords: Inguinal lymphaticovenular anastomosis; para-aortic lymphadenectomy; pelvic lymphadenectomy; refractory lymphatic ascites; uterine cancer.

Publication types

Case Reports