Technical pearls in lymphatic supermicrosurgery

T Yamamoto, N Yamamoto, T Kageyama… - Global Health & …, 2020 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Lymphedema is becoming a major public issue with improvement of cancer survival rate, as
the disease is incurable and progressive in nature, and the number of cancer survivor with …

Apolipoprotein E4 and meningeal lymphatics in Alzheimer disease: a conceptual framework

AFA Mentis, E Dardiotis, GP Chrousos - Molecular Psychiatry, 2021 - nature.com
The potential existence and roles of the meningeal lymphatic system in normal and
pathological brain function have been a long-standing enigma. Recent evidence suggests …

Ultra high-frequency ultrasonographic imaging with 70 MHz scanner for visualization of the lymphatic vessels

A Hayashi, G Giacalone, T Yamamoto… - … Surgery–Global Open, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: Identification and localization of functional lymphatic vessels are important for
lymphaticovenular anastomosis. Conventional high-frequency ultrasound (CHFUS) has …

Ultra-High frequency ultrasound imaging of lymphatic channels correlates with their histological features: A step forward in lymphatic surgery

A Bianchi, G Visconti, A Hayashi, A Santoro… - Journal of Plastic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Indocyanine green (ICG) lymphography gained widespread acceptance as a
gold standard in lymphatic surgery, although this imaging modality has several limitations …

Subdermal dissection for elevation of pure skin perforator flaps and superthin flaps: the dermis as a landmark for the most superficial dissection plane

T Yamamoto, N Yamamoto, Y Fuse… - Plastic and …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background: Pure skin perforator and superthin flaps have been reported and are becoming
popular, as they allow one-stage thin skin reconstruction even from a thick donor site …

Comparison of long‐term clinical outcomes among different vascularized lymph node transfers: 6‐year experience of a single center's approach to the treatment of …

P Ciudad, M Agko, JJ Perez Coca… - Journal of surgical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background This study evaluated the long‐term clinical outcomes among different
vascularized lymph node transfers (VLNT) used at our institution. Methods Between July …

Onco-reconstructive supermicrosurgery

T Yamamoto - European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2019 - Elsevier
Supermicrosurgery is sophisticated microsurgical technique, which allows dissection and
anastomosis of blood/lymphatic vessels and nerves with external diameter of 0.5 mm or …

Physical and functional outcomes of simultaneous vascularized lymph node transplant and lymphovenous bypass in the treatment of lymphedema

RM Garza, M Beederman… - Plastic and Reconstructive …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background: The authors analyze the outcomes of simultaneous vascularized lymph node
transplant and lymphovenous bypass for treatment of primary and secondary lymphedema …

Lymph-interpositional-flap transfer (LIFT) based on lymph-axiality concept: Simultaneous soft tissue and lymphatic reconstruction without lymph node transfer or …

T Yamamoto, N Yamamoto, T Kageyama… - Journal of Plastic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Lymphatic system is important to maintain homeostasis. Lymph-axiality concept
has been reported, which suggests possibility of lymphatic reconstruction using flap transfer …

Lymphatic vessel diameter in female pelvic cancer‐related lower extremity lymphedematous limbs

T Yamamoto, M Narushima… - Journal of Surgical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Lymphaticovenular anastomosis (LVA) has become one of the useful surgical
treatments for compression‐refractory lower extremity lymphedema (LEL). It is important to …