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Lymphedema is one of the most dreaded side effects to any cancer treatment involving lymphadenectomy. Progressed lymphedema is adversely complex and currently there is no widely acknowledged curative treatment. Therefore… Click to show full abstract
Lymphedema is one of the most dreaded side effects to any cancer treatment involving lymphadenectomy. Progressed lymphedema is adversely complex and currently there is no widely acknowledged curative treatment. Therefore recent focus has shifted to risk reduction and prevention. It has been hypothesized that bypassing lymphatic vessels to veins prophylactically, could minimize the lymphatic dysfunction seen following lymphadenectomy.
Keywords:
shunts preventing;
prophylactic lymphovenous;
effect prophylactic;
lymphovenous anastomosis;
cancer;
anastomosis shunts
Journal Title: Microsurgery
Year Published: 2018
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Journal Title: Microsurgery
Year Published: 2018
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