Surgical Prevention of Arm Lymphedema in Breast Cancer Treatment

LyMPHA and the Prevention of Lymphatic Injuries: A Rationale for Early Microsurgical Intervention

“…Despite this, the authors concluded favorably that methodologically superior microsurgical techniques had a place in the treatment of breast cancerrelated lymphedema and raised the question of the most appropriate time to apply these techniques. We discuss the role of lymphatic microsurgery (derivative and reconstructive MLVA [2][3][4] ) in the primary prevention of lymphatic injuries with particular reference to breast cancer patients.…”