Feasibility of pedicled vascularized inguinal lymph node transfer in a mouse model: A preliminary study.

Kosuke IshikawaTaku MaedaEmi FunayamaToshihiko HayashiNaoki MuraoMasayuki OsawaHiroshi FurukawaAkihiko OyamaYuhei Yamamoto

Published in: Microsurgery (2018)

We established a mouse model of vascularized lymph node transfer with predictable afferent lymphatic reconnection. Both the vascularization and reconnection might be necessary for functional regeneration of the transferred lymph node.

Keyphrases

lymph node
mouse model
sentinel lymph node
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
stem cells
prostate cancer
squamous cell carcinoma
radiation therapy
radical prostatectomy
electron transfer
rectal cancer