New Concepts in Microsurgical Treatment of Lymphedema
Using Ultrasound Technologies

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About the speaker: Dr. Giuseppe Visconti is a Plastic Surgeon based in Rome. He started the Lymphedema Surgery Program in University Hospital “Agostino Gemelli” in Rome, which is nowadays one of the highest-volume Center for lymphedema surgery in Europe. The first user of Ultra high-Frequency Ultrasound in Europe for lymphatic surgery, he pioneered its use for perforator flaps. Dr Giuseppe Visconti has been granted by the Italian Ministry of Health a research project on Lymphedema Surgery in 2017, has produced more than 25 publications dedicated to lymphedema surgery on international peer reviewed Journals, 3 chapters on lymphedema surgery for International Books and is Co-Editor of the first book entirely dedicated to Supermicrosurgical LVA, published in 2020. Appointed as Visiting Professor at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes in Timisoara, Romania in 2019. Co-Founder of the Ultrasound in Reconstructive Microsurgery Yearly Meeting since 2019, he is regularly invited in National and International Meetings for Lymphedema Surgery and has been appointed as Faculty in Boston Lymphatic Symposium in 2021.