Intractable Limb Edema

发布日期:2020-11-09 14:57reading:

Patient: 
Male, 40 years old       
Intractable limb edema


After suffering lower left limb trauma. His foot and ankle developed intractable edema and he was unable to wear shoes for two years. The treatment required using a foot pump for 2 hours a day. After one week the edema subsided significantly and the patient could wear shoes again. The patient’s feet later swelled after walking, but with the use of A-V foot pumps, the swelling was reduced that very day and the patient could wear shoes again the next day.