Mitsunaga Narushima plastic surgeon associated with the department of plastic surgery at the University of Tokyo has released a group of employees (March 2010 – Journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgery) an article summarily his experience in the treatment of lymphedema of the extremities demonstrating good results with the anastomosis between lymphatic vessels and veins.
Isao Koshima For his part, head of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Tokyo has advised surgeons Cross Hospital of San Pablo of Barcelona who have been successful in a traditionally difficult to treat disease.