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Lymph Nodes Transfer Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery

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Manual lymphatic drainage – based complex decongestive therapy has become the mainstay of chronic lymphedema management for many decades, as reviewed extensively in Chaps. 9 and 10.

Complex decongestive therapy (CDT) is now the treatment of choice regardless of the severity/clinical stage. Unfortunately, however, CDT-based management is only able to delay the progress during the treatment period; to maintain long-term control, continuous patient commitment with a lifetime pledge is mandatory.

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  1. Department of Academy of Surgery, Hopital Universitaire Europeen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

    Corinne Becker

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Jouvenet Hospital, Paris, France

    Corinne Becker

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  1. George Washington University, Washington D.C, Washington, USA

    Byung-Boong Lee

  2. School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, 92037, California, USA

    John Bergan

  3. Falk Cardiovascular Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, 94305, USA

    Stanley G. Rockson

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Becker, C., Piquilloud, G., Lee, BB. (2011). Lymph Nodes Transfer Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery. In: Lee, BB., Bergan, J., Rockson, S. (eds) Lymphedema. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-567-5_44

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