Proximal vs. Recipient Site for Vascular Lymph Node Transfers for Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review.

J Clin Med · 2025 · PMC12565181 · PMID 41156151

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Compression garment discontinuation showed a trend toward improvement with scar release (52% vs. 42%, p = 0.06) ( Figure 5 ). 3.6.

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While dual placement showed numerically superior outcomes across all measures, differences did not reach statistical significance due to limited number of studies.

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