Interosseous Membrane Release for Long-Standing Upper Limb Lymphedema: A Procedure Often Neglected

• Luigino Santecchia, MD,
• Pedro Ciudad, MD,
• Agko Mouchammed, MD,
• Matteo Amoroso, MD,
• Hung Chi Chen, MD, PhD, FACS

Affiliations

Luigino Santecchia, MD

From the *“Bambino Gesù” Children’s Hospital, Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit—Research Institute of Rome, Lazio, Italia; †Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; and ‡Department of Plastic Surgery, The Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden.

Pedro Ciudad, MD

From the *“Bambino Gesù” Children’s Hospital, Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit—Research Institute of Rome, Lazio, Italia; †Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; and ‡Department of Plastic Surgery, The Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden.

Agko Mouchammed, MD

From the *“Bambino Gesù” Children’s Hospital, Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit—Research Institute of Rome, Lazio, Italia; †Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; and ‡Department of Plastic Surgery, The Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden.

Matteo Amoroso, MD

From the *“Bambino Gesù” Children’s Hospital, Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit—Research Institute of Rome, Lazio, Italia; †Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; and ‡Department of Plastic Surgery, The Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden.

Hung Chi Chen, MD, PhD, FACS

From the *“Bambino Gesù” Children’s Hospital, Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit—Research Institute of Rome, Lazio, Italia; †Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; and ‡Department of Plastic Surgery, The Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden.