Reevaluating lymphatic surgery practices: A reflection of clinical surrogates, alternative techniques, and current dogma

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
² Division of Plastic Surgery, University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Plastic Surgery, Chang Gung University Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwanretain-->.
³ Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA; Center for Lymphedema Research and Reconstruction, Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁴ Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA; Center for Lymphedema Research and Reconstruction, Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA. Electronic address: Chenw6@ccf.org.

Comment

Vikas S Kotha et al. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2023 Sep.

. 2023 Sep:84:30-31.

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2023.05.058. Epub 2023 May 30.

¹ Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
² Division of Plastic Surgery, University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Plastic Surgery, Chang Gung University Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwanretain-->.
³ Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA; Center for Lymphedema Research and Reconstruction, Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁴ Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA; Center for Lymphedema Research and Reconstruction, Department of Plastic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA. Electronic address: Chenw6@ccf.org.

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Declaration of Competing Interest All authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

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