“The Uncertainty Principle”– studying immediate lymphatic reconstruction impacts the natural history of breast cancer related lymphedema
Breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) following axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is a life-altering sequela for patients and a challenging problem for their surgeons. In order to prevent BCRL, immediate lymphatic reconstruction (ILR) is a surgical technique that has been devised to restore ly...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-04-01
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Series: | Breast |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960977624000092 |