Risk factors for arm lymphedema following breast cancer surgery: a Japanese nationwide database study of 84,022 patients.

Takaaki Konishi Masahiko Tanabe Nobuaki Michihata Hiroki MatsuiKotoe NishiokaKiyohide Fushimi Yasuyuki Seto Hideo Yasunaga

Published in: Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) (2022)

This study identified several risk factors for postoperative lymphedema in breast cancer surgery. The treatment initiation increased markedly within the first year and gradually after 1 year post-surgery.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
surgical site infection
patients undergoing
emergency department
percutaneous coronary intervention
cross sectional