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Severe hardening of the soft tissue, which is a typical manifestation of BCRL with a history of docetaxel-based chemotherapy, has been considered a contraindication for lymph-venous anastomosis (LVA). This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of LVA for BCRL with a history of the use of docetaxel. Twenty-six consecutive BCRL patients who underwent LVA were reviewed retrospectively. All patients underwent ALND. Amongst 23 patients who had chemotherapy for breast cancer, docetaxel-based chemotherapy was administered in 12 patients. The postoperative change of the limb circumferences and the improvement of subjective symptoms were assessed. Overall, patients showed improvements of the limb circumferences at the wrist, the elbow, and 5 cm above and below the elbow. There were no statistical differences of the postoperative changes of the circumferences between the docetaxel-administered and non-administered groups (0.25% vs. 2.8% at 5 cm above the elbow (p = 0.23), \u22120.4% vs. 0.7% at 5 cm below the elbow (p = 0.56), and 2.5% vs. 2.5 % at the wrist (p = 0.82)). LVA is comparably effective for lymphedematous patients who had undergone docetaxel-based chemotherapy before or after ALND.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm11051409","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,6]],"date-time":"2022-03-06T20:38:16Z","timestamp":1646599096000},"page":"1409","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Lymph-Venous Anastomosis for Breast Cancer-Related Lymphoedema after Docetaxel-Based Chemotherapy"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1045-3068","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yuma","family":"Fuse","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo 135-8550, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6096-8094","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ryo","family":"Karakawa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo 135-8550, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6319-9019","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tomoyuki","family":"Yano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo 135-8550, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hidehiko","family":"Yoshimatsu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo 135-8550, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"500","DOI":"10.1016\/S1470-2045(13)70076-7","article-title":"Incidence of unilateral arm lymphoedema after breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis","volume":"14","author":"DiSipio","year":"2013","journal-title":"Lancet Oncol."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1043","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijrobp.2006.10.049","article-title":"Long-term outcomes in breast cancer patients with ten or more positive axillary nodes treated with combined-modality therapy: The importance of radiation field selection","volume":"67","author":"Chang","year":"2007","journal-title":"Int. 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