Operative treatment of peripheral lymphedema: A systematic meta-analysis of the efficacy and safety of lymphovenous microsurgery and tissue transplantation

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 905-913

  Basta, Marten N ^b   Gao, Lin Lin ^b   Wu, Liza C ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LIMB; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; META ANALYSIS; MICROSURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TRANSPLANTATION;

EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 84897997379     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000000010     Document Type: Article

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