The lymphatic system : components, functions and diseases

✍ Scribed by Christy Ramirez

• Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 143
• Series: Human anatomy and physiology series
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

PREFACE
Chapter 1 CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CIRCULATION: BRAIN LYMPHATICS, BRAIN GLYMPHATICS, OR BOTH?
ABSTRACT
BASIC CONCEPTS
CSF PRODUCTION
CSF (RE) ABSORPTION AND THE FETAL CONUNDRUM
EXTRA-CRANIAL LYMPHATIC VESSEL ORGANIZATION AND ROLE
BRAIN INTERSTITIAL DRAINAGE: GLYMPHATICS
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES

Chapter 2 VERSATILITY AND INNOVATIONS OF THE GREATER OMENTAL FLAP IN THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF LYMPHEDEMA OF THE UPPER AND LOWER LIMBS ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION
VASCULARIZED LYMPH NODES TRANSFER IN THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF LYMPHEDEMA
REGIONAL ANATOMY OF THE GREATER OMENTUM
THE ROLE OF THE GREATER OMENTUM IN RECONTRUCTIVE SURGERY AND IN LYMPHEDEMA SURGERY
SURGICAL CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT THE PEDICLED GREATER OMENTUM FLAP
Omental Lengthening
SURGICAL CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT THE FREE GREATER OMENTUM FLAP
MINIMALLY INVASIVE HARVEST OF THE GREATER OMENTUM FLAP
LAPAROSCOPIC HARVEST OF THE GREATER OMENTUM FLAP
POSTOPERATIVE CARE
REFERENCES

Chapter 3 MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF TUMOR LYMPHANGIOGENESIS
ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF TUMOR LYMPHANGIOGENESIS
POTENTIAL ORIGINS OF TUMOR LYMPHATIC ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES
CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
REFERENCES

Chapter 4 NEW ROLES OF LYMPHANGIOGENESIS IN CANCER SPREAD
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS
STRUCTURE OF THE LYMPHATIC VASCULAR SYSTEM
TUMOR LYMPHANGIOGENESIS: THE FORMATION OF NEW LYMPHATIC VESSELS
TUMOR LYMPHANGIOGENESIS: LYMPHATIC ENLARGEMENT
TUMOR LYMPHANGIOGENESIS: CHEMOTAXIS
LYMPHATIC ENDOTHELIAL CELLS: IMMUNOREGULATORY ROLE IN CANCER STEM CELLS AND TUMOR LYMPHANGIOGENESIS LYMPHATIC NODES AND DISTANT METASTASES
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX