The intravascular stenting method for treatment of extremity lymphedema with multiconfiguration lymphaticovenous anastomoses

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 935-943

  Narushima, Mitsunaga ^a   Mihara, Makoto ^b   Yamamoto, Yusuke ^b   Iida, Takuya ^b   Koshima, Isao ^b   Mundinger, Gerhard S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARM; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STENTS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 77749328132     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181cb64da     Document Type: Article

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