Alternative vascular constructs of lymph node flap transfer

Nicoli, Fabio; Orfaniotis, Georgios; Ciudad, Pedro; Kiranantawat, Kidakorn; Lazzeri, Davide; Maruccia, Michele; Constantinides, Joannis; Sacak, BÜLENT; Chilgar, Ram; Li, Ke; Zhang, Yi; Chen, Hung-Chi

doi:10.1002/jso.24966

Alternative vascular constructs of lymph node flap transfer

Nicoli F., Orfaniotis G., Ciudad P., Kiranantawat K., Lazzeri D., Maruccia M., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY, cilt.117, sa.6, ss.1144-1147, 2018 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 117 Sayı: 6
Basım Tarihi: 2018
Doi Numarası: 10.1002/jso.24966
Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1144-1147
Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Vascularized lymph node transfer is a quite innovative physiological surgical procedure for the lymphedema treatment. Although is gaining more popularity due to its promising results, there are some concerns regarding difficult to harvest it and the potential risk of iatrogenic lymphedema. Here, we present alternative vascular constructs of lymph node flap for the treatment of lymphedema, which provide the benefits of a technically easier dissection and physiological reconstruction of the damaged lymphatics. Furthermore, we introduce a classification based on the flap vascular supply including six types of flaps and we provide the details of the surgical technique.