Surgical Treatment of Lymphedema in the Upper Extremity.

The advent of supermicrosurgery has led to an increasing interest in the surgical management of lymphedema through the reconstruction of the lymphatic network, that is, the physiologic approach. Broadly, this can be divided into 2 main techniques: lymphaticovenous anastomosis and lymph node transfer. In the United Kingdom, the British Lymphology Society does not provide any recommendations on surgical management. Moreover, surgical treatment of lymphedema is not widely practiced within the National Health Service due to low-certainty evidence. Herein, we discuss our experience in physiologic reconstruction for lymphedema.
Competing Interests: Disclosure D Furniss performs lymphedema surgery as codirector of the Oxford Lymphoedema Practice (https://olp.surgery/) at the Manor Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom. Z Y. Ng and X Chalhoub have nothing to disclose.
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