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Current Pediatric Reviews

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Monotherapy for the Treatment of Lymphedema in Children: A Review

Author(s): Ana Carolina Pereira de Godoy, Jose Maria Pereira de Godoy* and Maria de Fatima Guerreiro Godoy

Volume 18, Issue 3, 2022

Published on: 12 April, 2022

Page: [179 - 181] Pages: 3

DOI: 10.2174/1573396318666220225143226

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Abstract

The Godoy Method of cervical lymphatic therapy is the first treatment option as monotherapy for children which facilitates achieving normalization or near normalization of the affected limb as well as the maintenance of the results, which could assist millions of children throughout the world.

Keywords: Monotherapy, lymphedema, children, cervical lymphatic therapy, edema, fibrosis.

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