Say Goodbye to Compression Garments after Dr. Cheng's Lymphedema Microsurgery
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DR. CHENG
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PROCEDURES
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CENTER
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GALLERY
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PATIENT INFORMATION
About Lymphedema Microsurgery
Dr. Cheng has been practicing Lymphedema microsurgery since 2000. He has invented some of the
most advanced and effective surgical techniques to treat lymphedema. His ground-breaking innovation of
vascularized submental lymph node (VSLN) and vascularized groin lymph node (VGLN) flap transfer to distal
recipient site creates a physiologic drainage conduit to alter excess lymphatic fluid buildup and minimize the
lymphedema associated side effects of tissue fibrosis and cellulitis. Dr. Cheng's lymphedema microsurgery
outcomes show statistically significant circumferential reduction rates of affected limb circumference and
impressive decreases in the episodes of cellulitis on the lymphedematous limb. His practice is the first in the
world to immediately release patients from wearing compression garments postoperatively.
Meet Dr. Cheng
Ming-Huei Cheng MD, MBA, FACS, is a board certified plastic surgeon specialized in reconstructive
microsurgery. Dr. Ming-Huei Cheng is listed among the most sought-after surgeons in the reconstructive
microsurgery field. He has performed more than 2,000 microsurgical cases, including arm and leg
reconstructions, head and neck reconstructions, breast reconstructions, extracranial-intracranial arterial
bypasses, lymphovenous anastomosis and vascularized lymph node flap transfers. He finished a combined
microsurgical and research fellow at Department of Plastic Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston,
Texas in 1999.
He is a member of the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery since 2003, a fellow of the
American College of Surgeons since 2009, an international member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons
since 2012 and became an Adjunct Professor of the Department of Plastic Surgery at University of Michigan,
USA in 2017.