Microsurgery for treatment of peripheral lymphedema: Long-term outcome and future perspectives

Microsurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 333-338

  Campisi, Corradino ^a   Eretta, Costantino ^a   Pertile, Davide ^a   Da Rin, Elisa ^a   Campisi, Corrado ^a   Macciò, Alberto ^a   Campisi, Mirko ^a   Accogli, Susanna ^a   Bellini, Carlo ^b   Bonioli, Eugenio ^b   Boccardo, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VOLUMETRY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHEDEMA; MICROSURGERY; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEINS;

EID: 34250219285     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20346     Document Type: Conference Paper

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