Overview of lymph node transfer for lymphedema treatment

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 548-556

  Ito, Ran ^a   Suami, Hiroo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHEDEMA; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHEDEMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907354741     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000000383     Document Type: Article

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