The Swollen Leg. Causes and Treatment.

Excerpt

The approach to the subject of differential diagnosis and treatment of leg edema in this book is in many respects unique. This comes as no surprise, because the book represents the distillation of years of clinical experience and target-oriented research. Also, it represents the work of two colleagues and confreres who, though of different backgrounds and bents, found it challenging, exciting—and, the reader must conclude, rewarding—to cooperate for years in a quest to clarify the causes of leg swelling and develop some rational bases for therapy. Viewed from the perspective of the great size of the background study, clinical experience,