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Recurrent Advanced Lower Extremity Lymphedema Following Initial Successful Vascularized Lymph Node Transfer: A Clinical and Histopathological Analysis

  • Ciudad, Pedro (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, China Medical University Hospital) ;
  • Date, Shivprasad (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, China Medical University Hospital) ;
  • Manrique, Oscar J (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, China Medical University Hospital) ;
  • Chang, Wei-Ling (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, China Medical University Hospital) ;
  • Huang, Tsung-Chun (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, China Medical University Hospital) ;
  • Chen, Tsung-Wei (Department of Pathology, China Medical University Hospital) ;
  • Nicoli, Fabio (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, China Medical University Hospital) ;
  • Maruccia, Michelle (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, China Medical University Hospital) ;
  • Chen, Hung-Chi (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, China Medical University Hospital)
  • Received : 2016.06.27
  • Accepted : 2016.12.27
  • Published : 2017.01.20

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