Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 9 , Pages 1561-1564 , September 2010

Mid-arm lymph nodes dissection for melanoma

  • Masao Fujiwara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Handayama 1-20-1, Shizuoka 431-3192, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel./fax: +81534352798.
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  • Ayano Suzuki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Handayama 1-20-1, Shizuoka 431-3192, Japan
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  • Takahide Mizukami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Handayama 1-20-1, Shizuoka 431-3192, Japan
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  • Takeshi Nagata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Handayama 1-20-1, Shizuoka 431-3192, Japan
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  • Taisuke Ito

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan
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  • Hidekazu Fukamizu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Handayama 1-20-1, Shizuoka 431-3192, Japan

Received 21 August 2009 ,Accepted 7 February 2010.

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PII: S1748-6815(10)00101-4

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.02.015

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 9 , Pages 1561-1564 , September 2010

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