Surgical Treatment of Congenital Lymphedema

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 377-384

  Becker, Corinne ^a   Arrive, Lionel ^b   Saaristo, Anne ^c   Germain, Michel ^a   Fanzio, Paolo ^a   Batista, Bernardo Nogueira ^a   Piquilloud, Gael ^a  

^a Lymphedema Center   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Lymph nodes transplantation; Lymphangiogenesis; Lymphedema; Magnetic resonance lymphography; Microsurgery; VEGF c

Indexed keywords

AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEREDITARY LYMPHEDEMA; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA DISTICHIASIS; MEIGE SYNDROME; MILROY DISEASE; MUSCLE FLAP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; YELLOW NAIL SYNDROME;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHEDEMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEIGE SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; YELLOW NAIL SYNDROME;

EID: 84867125663     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: 15580504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2012.08.001     Document Type: Review

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