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MR lymphangiography in the treatment of lymphedema
Author(s) -
Neligan Peter C.,
Kung Theodore A.,
Maki Jeffrey H.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.24337
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphedema , radiation treatment planning , dissection (medical) , radiation therapy , lymph node , surgery , radiology , cancer , medical physics , general surgery , breast cancer , pathology
Lymphedema is a common condition frequently seen in cancer patients who have had lymph node dissection +/− radiation treatment. Traditional management is mainly non‐surgical and unsatisfactory. Surgical treatment has relied on excisional techniques in the past. Physiologic operations have more recently been devised to help improve this condition. Assessing patients and deciding which of the available operations to offer them can be challenging. MRI is an extremely useful tool in patient assessment and treatment planning. J. Surg. Oncol. 2017;115:18–22 . © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.