The lymphatic system : components, functions and diseases

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