The surgical treatment of lymphedema: A systematic review of the contemporary literature (2004-2010)

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 642-651

  Cormier, Janice N ^a   Rourke, Loren ^a   Crosby, Melissa ^a   Chang, David ^a   Armer, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC WOUND; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DATA EXTRACTION; EXCISION; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT NECROSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIMB DISEASE; LYMPHEDEMA; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASCULAR SURGERY; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

HUMANS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHEDEMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860389022     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-011-2017-4     Document Type: Review

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