Postoperative management of complicated lymphangioma in a child with negative pressure wound therapy
- Type
- Poster
- Topics
- NPWT
- Language
- EN
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Author(s)
- Dr Marie-Christine Plancq
- Approx. reading time
- 5 min (1 pages)
Scientific Content
Summary
Surgical management of lymphatic malformations can be complicated with recurrent seromas, infections and local recurrence.
We report a case of giant congenital lymphangioma in a child of eleven years highly complicated after surgery and successfully resolved with negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT).
Authors
Dr Marie-Christine Plancq
department of pediatric surgery, University hospital of Amiens, France
department of pediatric surgery, University hospital of Amiens, France
Summary
Surgical management of lymphatic malformations can be complicated with recurrent seromas, infections and local recurrence.
We report a case of giant congenital lymphangioma in a child of eleven years highly complicated after surgery and successfully resolved with negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT).
Authors
Dr Marie-Christine Plancq
department of pediatric surgery, University hospital of Amiens, France
department of pediatric surgery, University hospital of Amiens, France