Microlymphatic Surgery for the Treatment of Iatrogenic Lymphedema

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 385-398

  Becker, Corinne ^a   Vasile, Julie V ^b   Levine, Joshua L ^b   Batista, Bernardo N ^a   Studinger, Rebecca M ^b   Chen, Constance M ^b   Riquet, Marc ^c  

^a Department of Plastic Surgery   (France)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Autologous lymph node transplantation (ALNT); Brachial plexus neuropathy; Iatrogenic; Infection; Lymphedema; Microsurgical vascularized lymph node transfer; Secondary; Treatment

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN C;

ARM LYMPHEDEMA; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC LYMPHEDEMA; LEG LYMPHEDEMA; LIPOSUCTION; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MASSAGE; MICROSURGERY; MICROSURGICAL VASCULARIZED LYMPH NODE TRANSFER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MICROSURGERY; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR C;

EID: 84867115331     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: 15580504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2012.08.002     Document Type: Review

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