Vascularized Lymph Node Transfer for Treatment of Lymphedema: A Comprehensive Literature Review

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 261, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1013-1023

  Raju, Ashvin ^a   Chang, David W ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

lymphedema; microsurgery; treatment of lymphedema; vascularized lymph node transfer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHEDEMA; PHYSIOLOGY; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHEDEMA; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 84952715253     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000763     Document Type: Article

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