Long-term results of microscopic lymphatic vessel-isolated vein anastomosis for secondary lymphedema of the lower extremities

Surgery Today

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 859-864

  Matsubara, Shinobu ^a   Sakuda, Hitoshi ^a   Nakaema, Moriyasu ^a   Kuniyoshi, Yukio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microscopic lymphatic vessel isolated vein anastomosis; Secondary lymphedema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS; MICROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHEDEMA; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749005361     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-006-3269-7     Document Type: Article

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