Possible risk of iatrogenic lymphedema after harvest of posterior tibial artery perforator flap
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Reiko Tsukuura MD
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Reiko Tsukuura, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Toyama 1-21-1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorTakashi Kageyama MD
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorHayahito Sakai MD
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorYuma Fuse MD
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorKanako Tsuihiji MD
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Reiko Tsukuura MD
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Correspondence
Reiko Tsukuura, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Toyama 1-21-1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorTakashi Kageyama MD
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorHayahito Sakai MD
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorYuma Fuse MD
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorKanako Tsuihiji MD
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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