ABOUT THE PROCEDURE

1. Diagnosis

Make sure that you have a medical diagnosis that confirms that you have lymphedema.
Please note that we do not perform surgery on patients witch pitting edema.

2. Local lymph therapist

Make sure that you have a good lymph therapist close to home. You will need help both before and after surgery.

3. The medical team

Once accepted and we have settled agreements and payment we will plan for your consultation. Our dedicated team at Skåne Care will answer any questions and help you through the process up until this time.

4. Planning

Plan your trip to Sweden. We are here to guide you and recommend both accommodation and leisure activities. You will need to meet with the medical team in person, approximately 1 month before surgery.

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Once in Sweden

You will stay at an hotel close to the clinic up until the morning for your surgery. As a routine we need to do an Multi Resistance Bacteria screening on you about 5 days ahead of surgery so you´ll need to plan to stay in Sweden, at a total for about one week.

You will be admitted as an inpatient on the morning of the surgery

Surgery will be performed under general anesthesia. A series of small incisions are made through which fat is suctioned out. The incisions are small enough not to require sutures.

The surgery will take about 2 hours.

Once the surgery is completed, a compression garment is applied and to be changed another three times throughout your stay.

You will stay at the clinic as an inpatient for 3 nights after the surgery. If you are feeling well enough you can move to a comfortable hotel nearby.

You´ll meet with the medical team 7 days after your surgery, before you are discharged and ready to travel home.

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FOLLOW UP

Planned follow up

You will be required for a follow up appointment on site 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after the surgery.

Should further follow up care be needed it will be done over Skype, preferable together with your local lymph therapist.

Compression garment

To obtain the best result you need to wear the compression garment and you need to make sure that they are fitted perfectly at all time or the won´t have enough effect and your lymphedema will return.

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Apply for your life changing treatment today from USD 31.000

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