title: Lymphosome concept: Anatomical study of the lymphatic system.
abstract: The gross anatomical study of the lymphatic system in humans and animals has been suspended for almost 100 years. This article introduces the author's technique for investigating the lymphatic system using the concept of the lymphosome. In revisiting the anatomical study of the lymphatic system, our updated knowledge can potentially be utilized either to reassure surgeons about their current procedures in the surgical management of cancers and lymphedema or assist them to refine them. J. Surg. Oncol. 2017;115:13-17. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Hiroo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suami
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008208:Lymphatic System / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
keywords: animal experiment; cadaver dissection; fluorescence lymphography; lymphatic system; lymphatic vessel