Discussion: Optimal Sites for Supermicrosurgical Lymphaticovenular Anastomosis: An Analysis of Lymphatic Vessel Detection Rates on 840 Surgical Fields in Lower Extremity Lymphedema Patients

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Maureen Beederman et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Dec.

. 2018 Dec;142(6):931e-932e.

doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000005043.

¹ From the Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine.

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Optimal Sites for Supermicrosurgical Lymphaticovenular Anastomosis: An Analysis of Lymphatic Vessel Detection Rates on 840 Surgical Fields in Lower Extremity Lymphedema Patients.
Yamamoto T, Yamamoto N, Fuse Y, Narushima M, Koshima I. Yamamoto T, et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Dec;142(6):924e-930e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000005042. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018. PMID: 30239498

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