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The paradigm of lymphedema management in these patients is shifting from therapeutic surgeries and decongestive therapy to preventative surgery with immediate lymphatic reconstruction (ILR).<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Methods\u2003After institutional review board approval, a prospective database was maintained of all patients undergoing ILR. Patients were excluded if they had preoperative lymphedema or expired during the study period. All ILR were performed by the senior author. A control group was established with standardized physician delivered phone surveys of patients who had axillary dissection for breast cancer (same oncologic surgeon cohort) prior to the implementation of ILR at the same institution. The study and control groups were matched based on history of adjuvant radiation and body mass index.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Results\u2003A cohort of patients between 2016 and 2019 with 2 years of follow-up after undergoing ILR (77 patients) were matched with those who did not undergo lymphatic reconstruction (94 patients). The incidence of lymphedema in the study group undergoing ILR was 10% (N\u2009=\u20098). In comparison, the incidence in the cohort who did not undergo lymphatic reconstruction was 38% (N\u2009=\u200936; p\u2009&lt;\u20090.01). Patients with ILR had 92% lower odds of developing lymphedema (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.01).<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Conclusion\u2003ILR can significantly reduce the risk of developing BRCL in high-risk patients at 2 years of follow-up. Patients receiving adjuvant radiation therapy are more likely to develop BCRL after ILR compared with those who do not. Ongoing studies include investigation aimed at identifying patients most at risk for the development of BRCL to help target intervention as well as elucidate factors that contribute to the success of ILR.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-2153-2203","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,14]],"date-time":"2023-08-14T22:59:58Z","timestamp":1692053998000},"page":"262-267","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Immediate Lymphatic Reconstruction in 77 Consecutive Breast Cancer Patients: 2-year Follow-up"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"40","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6829-8865","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nicole K.","family":"Le","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Brielle","family":"Weinstein","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic Surgery, 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