Effectiveness of Debulking Liposuction in Secondary Inferior Extremity Fat–Predominant Lymphedema: Evaluation of the of Leg Dermal Backflow Improvement Using Indocyanine Green Lymphography

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Keywords

  • Secondary lymphedema
  • Lower extremity
  • debulking liposuction
  • indocyanine green
  • leg dermal backflow

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Antonia Valentine Puspasari

Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Email: antoniavalentine@yahoo.com

ORCID : https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3781-099X

Parintosa Atmodiwirjo

Division of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, dr Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Email: parintosa.atmodiwirjo@ui.ac.id

ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8912-0468

Yefta Moenadjat

Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Email: yefta.moenadjat@ui.ac.id

ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1109-2540

Mohamad Rachadian Ramadan

Division of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, dr Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Email: rachadian@ui.ac.id

ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2231-9314

Article History

Submitted : 8 March 2025
Revised : 8 March 2025
Published : 29 September 2025

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Puspasari, A. V., Atmodiwirjo, P., Moenadjat, Y., & Ramadan, M. R. (2025). Effectiveness of Debulking Liposuction in Secondary Inferior Extremity Fat–Predominant Lymphedema: Evaluation of the of Leg Dermal Backflow Improvement Using Indocyanine Green Lymphography. Jurnal Plastik Rekonstruksi, 12(2), 70–75. https://doi.org/10.14228/jprjournal.v12i2.30

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