Preventing Lymphedema in Axillary Lymph Node Dissection

"Subjects will undergo removal of the lymph nodes in the underarm or axilla area. This is referred to as an axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). The procedure for identifying the drainage of the arm lymphatics during an axillary dissection has been coined axillary reverse mapping (ARM). Lympho-venous bypass (LVB) is a technique incorporated along with the ARM procedure that allows preservation of the lymphatics draining the arm while removing the standard lymph nodes and not compromising the extent of the axillary dissection."

Prospective and retrospective subjects undergoing an ALND.