A novel approach to the treatment of lower extremity lymphedema by transferring a vascularized submental lymph node flap to the ankle

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-98

  Cheng, Ming Huei ^a   Huang, Ju Jung ^a   Nguyen, Dung H ^a   Saint Cyr, Michel ^b   Zenn, Michael R ^c   Tan, Bien Keem ^d   Lee, Chyi Long ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Lymphedema; Submental flap; Vascularized lymph node transfer

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; LATEX;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC VEIN; LEG DISEASE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MORBIDITY; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; SKIN FLAP SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VENOUS CONGESTION; WRIST;

AGED; ANKLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 84862771877     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2012.04.017     Document Type: Article

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