Gastroepiploic vascularized lymph node transfer for the treatment of extremity lymphedema: comparison between middle and distal inset | Zendy

Oscar J. Manrique | Zendy; Samyd S. Bustos | Zendy; Trishul Kapoor | Zendy; Jason Lin | Zendy; Pedro Ciudad | Zendy; Antonio J. Forte | Zendy; Gabriel Del Corral | Zendy; Maria Mani | Zendy; Michele Maruccia | Zendy; André Terzic | Zendy

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Gastroepiploic vascularized lymph node transfer for the treatment of extremity lymphedema: comparison between middle and distal inset

Author(s) -

Oscar J. Manrique,

Samyd S. Bustos,

Trishul Kapoor,

Jason Lin,

Pedro Ciudad,

Antonio J. Forte,

Gabriel Del Corral,

Maria Mani,

Michele Maruccia,

André Terzic

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

gland surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.643

H-Index - 22

eISSN - 2227-8575

pISSN - 2227-684X

DOI - 10.21037/gs.2020.02.10

Subject(s) - lymphedema , medicine , demographics , lymph node , surgery , cancer , breast cancer , demography , sociology

Middle and distal insets of gastroepiploic vascularized lymph node transfer (GE-VLNT) for extremity lymphedema have been described. However, there has been no prior comparison of surgical or patient-reported outcomes between these techniques. We analyzed the outcomes between both insets in patients with extremity lymphedema.

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