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Lymphatic-Lymphatic Reconstructive Microsurgery

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A direct approach to the lymphatic vessels was considered unthinkable for a long time. However, on the basis of high-power operating microscopes and increasing ability to anastomose small arteries and veins, the lymphatic vessels also became possibly suturable vessels.

Lympholymphatic anastomoses and microsurgically performed lymphovenous anastomoses using grafts were described by Cordeiro et al.1

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  1. the Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

    Ruediger G. H. Baumeister (Professor of Surgery, Consultant of Lymphology)

  2. Chirurgische Klinik Muenchen Bogenhausen, Drozzaweg 6, D 81375, Muenchen, Bavaria, Germany

    Ruediger G. H. Baumeister (Professor of Surgery, Consultant of Lymphology)

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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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Baumeister, R.G.H. (2011). Lymphatic-Lymphatic Reconstructive Microsurgery. In: Lee, BB., Bergan, J., Rockson, S. (eds) Lymphedema. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-567-5_42

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