Treatment of upper limb lymphedema with combination of liposuction, myocutaneous flap transfer, and lymph-fascia grafting: A preliminary study

Microsurgery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-34

  Qi, Fazhi ^a   Gu, Jianying ^a   Shi, Yuedong ^a   Yang, Yanwen ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARM LYMPHEDEMA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYSIPELAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPOSUCTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 58849102683     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20567     Document Type: Article

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