creating lymphedema for women. So that was called an axillary dissection, and they took out not — I mean, I remember when I first started, we wanted as many nodes as we could. We felt, as surgeons, ...
This blockage and lymph build-up is called lymphedema. Lymphedema can affect many parts of your body. It causes painful swelling and can lead to a long-lasting tissue infection. Surgery is often the ...
Fremont resident Vicky Kiefer immediately knew something was wrong when she woke up one morning and found that her left arm had swollen so much that her “hand looked like a catcher’s mitt.” ...