Overview
Contact Information
Location
Stanford Center for Lymphatic and Venous Disorders
Cardiology Clinic
Boswell Building 300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA
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New Patients (650) 736 1384
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Lymphatic and venous disorders often have profound functional and psychological implications for patients and their families. Caring for patients with edema is a complex task requiring input from many specialists. To meet these challenges, the Stanford Center for Lymphatic and Venous Disorders provides a broad spectrum of diagnostic and therapeutic treatments for adults and children with
- Arterial, venous, lymphatic and complex vascular anomalies
- Primary and secondary lymphedema in children and adults
- Lipedema
- Edema of uncertain origin
- Chronic venous insufficiency and post-phlebitic syndrome
- Venous thrombosis
- Protein-losing enteropathy
- Lymphangiectesia
- Klippel-Trenauney syndrome
- Gorham’s disease
- Chylous reflux
- Chylothorax, chylous ascites, chyluria
- Non-healing vascular wounds
and others
An extensive clinical and basic research program with ongoing clinical trials makes the Stanford center unique among the few other U.S. programs that offer therapy for lymphedema.
Program Highlights
- Thorough diagnostic evaluation of complex disorders
- State of the art imaging
- Prescription of individualized treatment protocols, using state-of-the-art technologies
- Referral to Stanford-based specialists in dermatology, radiology, oncology, vascular surgery, plastic surgery, pediatrics, gastroenterology and pulmonary medicine
- Multidisciplinary therapeutic approaches, including the availability of advanced and experimental options