Evidence of stage progression in a novel, validated fluorescence-navigated and microsurgical-assisted secondary lymphedema rodent model

• P. A. Will ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Patrick.will-marks@bgu-ludwigshafen.de

  Affiliation Department of Hand, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery, Microsurgery, Burn Centre, BG-Trauma Hospital Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3430-1795

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• A. Rafiei,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Hand, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery, Microsurgery, Burn Centre, BG-Trauma Hospital Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany

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• M. Pretze,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

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• E. Gazyakan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hand, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery, Microsurgery, Burn Centre, BG-Trauma Hospital Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany

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• B. Ziegler,

  Roles Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hand, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery, Microsurgery, Burn Centre, BG-Trauma Hospital Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany

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• U. Kneser,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Hand, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery, Microsurgery, Burn Centre, BG-Trauma Hospital Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany

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• H. Engel,

  Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliations Department of Hand, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery, Microsurgery, Burn Centre, BG-Trauma Hospital Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Ethianum Klinik Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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• B. Wängler,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

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• J. Kzhyshkowska,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany, German Red Cross Blood Service Baden-Württemberg—Hessen, Frankfurt, Germany

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• C. Hirche

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hand, Plastic, and Reconstructive Surgery, Microsurgery, Burn Centre, BG-Trauma Hospital Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany

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