Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) adopted
The Pediatric and Primary Lymphedema Working Group (PPL-WG) follows (and have generated) existing (national and international) guidelines. The guidelines reflect the latest scientific evidence and are regularly reviewed and updated to ensure they remain up-to-date.
German guideline “Diagnostics and therapy of lymphedema“: Jörg Wilting, Rolf Bartkowski, Rüdiger Baumeister, Etelka Földi, Susanna Stöhr, Gerson Strubel, Klaus Schrader, Jürg Traber, S2k Leitlinie – Diagnostik und Therapie der Lymphödeme AWMF Reg.-Nr. 058-001, May 2017
The German guidelines are published here (organised by by 32 different groups in Germany, Austria and Switzerland).
Damstra RJ, Halk AB; Dutch Working Group on Lymphedema. The Dutch lymphedema guidelines based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health and the chronic care model. J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord. 2017 Sep;5(5):756-765. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2017.04.012. Epub 2017 Jun 30. PMID: 28818234.
Michael Koller, Rüdiger Baumeister, Walter Döller, Etelka Földi, Jörg Wilting, Christian Ure, Wolfgang Brauer, Martha Földi, Ute-Susann Albert
German guideline “Diagnostics and therapy of lymphedema“: Jörg Wilting, Rolf Bartkowski, Rüdiger Baumeister, Etelka Földi, Susanna Stöhr, Gerson Strubel, Klaus Schrader, Jürg Traber, May 2017