The Association Between the Number of Retrieved Pelvic Lymph Nodes and Ipsilateral Lower Limb Lymphedema in Patients With Gynecologic Cancer.
Sang Geun JungSang Hee ImMigang KimMin Chul ChoiWon Duk JooSeung Hun SongChan LeeHyun ParkPublished in: Journal of investigative surgery : the official journal of the Academy of Surgical Research (2021)
The number of pelvic LNs retrieved was associated with the incidence of LLE in patients with early gynecologic cancer. We identified the cutoff number per hemipelvis through side-specific analysis that could minimize the risk of iLLE. Further studies are needed to validate our results.