Open AccessPostmastectomy Lymphedema
Author(s) -
C. Becker,
Jalal Assouad,
Marc Riquet,
G Hidden
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000201258.10304.16
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphedema , surgery , transplantation , breast cancer , secondary lymphedema , lymph node , upper limb , mastectomy , microsurgery , cancer
Lymphedema complicating breast cancer treatment remains a challenging problem. The purpose of this study was to analyze the long-term results following microsurgical lymph node (LN) transplantation.