Lymphedema affects almost 300 million people world-wide. Recent advances in microsurgery introduced two promising physiologic surgical treatments: lymphovenous anastomosis (LVA) and vascularized lymph node transfer (VLNT). Patients seek for information about their pathology and treatment options, searching on the Web mostly. The quality of online health-related information remains doubtful and the authors aimed to assess it for what concerns LVA and VLNT procedures.The expanded Ensuring Quality Information for Patients (EQIP) scale was applied to 17 selected websites that deal with LVA and 28 with VLNT.
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