[Surgical treatment of mature extracephalic vascular malformations (excluding portwine hemangioma). Experience of this department].

The department's experience of mature extracephalic vascular malformations shows that, regardless of the site and the type of the lesion, only surgical excision is able to ensure a good result for vascular malformations of the limbs. The results were almost always excellent and only the diffuse forms benefitted from preoperative sclerosant injections. Palliative treatments such as elastic compression still have a place in these indications. Arterial embolisations are only of limited value, particularly when they are selective, as a complement to surgery (risk of necrosis in peripheral lesions). All sites may be observed, but the authors particularly emphasise perineoscrotal lymphangiomatous lesions. Recurrences do occur, but are rare when the lesion is widely resected and a good quality reconstruction is performed.