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The Boston lymphatic center's early experience with lymph node transplantation to the upper extremity

Figure 2. Improvement of upper extremity edema following a vascularized lymph node transplant. Axial fat-suppressed T2-weighted images across the mid right forearm in a patient with right upper extremity lymphedema, pre- (A) and 1-year post-transplant (B) demonstrating interval marked decrease in subcutaneous edema and thickening along the ulnar aspect (*). Arterial-phase post-contrast maximum intensity projection image (C) shows patent flow-through omental artery of the transplant (T). The arrows show signal voids from surgical clips demarcating anastomoses to the ulnar artery (U). R: Radial artery.

Plastic and Aesthetic Research
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