Microsurgical lymphaticovenous implantation targeting dermal lymphatic backflow using indocyanine green fluorescence lymphography in the treatment of postmastectomy lymphedema

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1804-1811

  Furukawa, Hiroshi ^a   Osawa, Masayuki ^a   Saito, Akira ^a   Hayashi, Toshihiko ^a   Funayama, Emi ^a   Oyama, Akihiko ^a   Sekido, Mitsuru ^a   Yamamoto, Yuhei ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; INDOCYANINE GREEN;

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; COLORING AGENTS; DERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; LYMPH; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955663609     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31820cf2e2     Document Type: Article

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