Experience of a new surgical procedure for the treatment of unilateral obstructive lymph edema of the lower extremity: Adipo-lymphatico venous transfer

Microsurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 209-216

  Tanaka, Yoshio ^a   Tajima, Sadao ^a   Imai, Keisuke ^a   Tsujiguchi, Khonosuke ^a   Ueda, Khoichi ^a   Yabu, Khonosuke ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOID TISSUE; LYMPHOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN SURGERY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MIDDLE AGED; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

EID: 0030437786     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2752(1996)17:4<209::aid-micr7>3.0.co;2-f     Document Type: Article

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