Super Micro-surgery Offers New Hope For Breast Cancer Patients With Lymphedema
Monday, March 23, 2009 - 10:26
in Health & Medicine
Breast cancer patients with lymphedema in their upper arm experienced reduced fluid in the swollen arm by up to 39 percent after undergoing a super-microsurgical technique known as lymphaticovenular bypass.
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