Is Lymphedema Cure a Clinical Reality?

CC BY 4.0 · Arch Plast Surg 2023; 50(06): 635-636
DOI: 10.1055/a-2130-2113

Communication

¹Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Center for Lymphedema Research and Reconstruction, Cleveland, Ohio

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Ying C. Ku

¹Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Center for Lymphedema Research and Reconstruction, Cleveland, Ohio

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Takumi Yamamoto

²Department of Plastic Surgery, National Center for Global Health and Medicine in Japan, Tokyo, Japan

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Sonia K. Pandey

¹Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Center for Lymphedema Research and Reconstruction, Cleveland, Ohio

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