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Min-Jeong Cho1, Kevin C Chung2

  • 1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.

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Keywords:
Immediate lymphatic reconstructionLYMPHALymphedemaLymphovenous anastomosisLymphovenous bypassVascularized lymph node transfer

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