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I am happy to announce that we will be the first ever
in the United States to offer microsurgical lymph node transfer
for patients with a history of upper and lower extremity lymphedema.
I just arrived back from training under Corinne Becker, the doctor
who pioneered the lymph node microsurgical transfer, in Paris
France.
This procedure entails creating a free flap from the groin consisting
of fat and lymph nodes along with its blood supply and transferring
it to the axilla. Once in the axilla, a pocket is created and the
lymph node free flap is connected o the blood supply.
Women who have had lymph node dissections and are currently experiencing
upper and lower extremity lymphedema are candidates.
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