An L-shaped retractor to facilitate the superior-edge-of-the-knee incision-method for lympho-venous anastomosis

Microsurgery. 2019 Jul;39(5):478-479. doi: 10.1002/micr.30453. Epub 2019 Mar 22.

Authors

Guido Giacalone¹, Takumi Yamamoto², Akitatsu Hayashi³, Florence Belva¹, Yukio Seki⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Lymphatic Surgery, AZ Sint-Maarten Hospital, Mechelen, Belgium.
² Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM), Tokyo, Japan.
³ Department of Breast Center, Kameda Medical Center, Chiba, Japan.
⁴ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.

PMID: 30901094
DOI: 10.1002/micr.30453

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Anastomosis, Surgical / methods
Humans
Knee
Lymphatic Vessels / surgery*
Lymphedema / surgery*
Microsurgery / methods*
Sensitivity and Specificity
Surgical Instruments*
Veins / surgery*