Vascularized Lymph Node Transfer for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Lower Extremity Lymphedema: A Preliminary Report

Vascularized Lymph Node Transfer for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Lower Extremity Lymphedema: A Preliminary Report

Background Posttraumatic lymphedema develops more frequently than expected and reports on its management are scarce in the literature. We aimed to report the clinical outcomes of a case series of posttraumatic lymphedema patients treated with different vascularized lymph node transfers (VLNTs)....

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Main Authors:	Pedro Ciudad, Maria T. Huayllani, Antonio J. Forte, Daniel Boczar, Francisco R. Avila, Joseph M. Escandón, Oscar J. Manrique, Hung-Chi Chen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2022-02-01
Series:	Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Subjects:	lymphedema vlnt lymph nodes/transplantation
Online Access:	http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0041-1740520

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