Improving the quality of life of patients with breast cancer-related lymphoedema by lymphaticovenous anastomosis (LVA): study protocol of a multicentre randomised controlled trial

Joost Wolfs; Jop Beugels; Merel Kimman; Andrzej A. Piatkowski de Grzymala; Esther Heuts; Xavier Keuter; Hanneke Tielemans; Dietmar Ulrich; R. van der Hulst; Shan Shan Qiu

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035337

Improving the quality of life of patients with breast cancer-related lymphoedema by lymphaticovenous anastomosis (LVA): study protocol of a multicentre randomised controlled trial

Joost Wolfs, Jop Beugels, Merel Kimman, Andrzej A. Piatkowski de Grzymala, Esther Heuts, Xavier Keuter, Hanneke Tielemans, Dietmar Ulrich, R. van der Hulst, Shan Shan Qiu^*

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Original language	English
Article number	035337
Number of pages	7
Journal	BMJ Open
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035337
Publication status	Published - Jan 2020

Keywords

plastic & reconstructive surgery
breast surgery
INDOCYANINE GREEN LYMPHOGRAPHY
NODE DISSECTION
PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPACT
VENOUS ANASTOMOSIS
ARM LYMPHEDEMA
SURVIVORS
RISK
EFFICACY
BYPASS
METAANALYSIS

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Wolfs, J., Beugels, J., Kimman, M., Piatkowski de Grzymala, A. A., Heuts, E., Keuter, X., Tielemans, H., Ulrich, D., van der Hulst, R., & Qiu, S. S. (2020). Improving the quality of life of patients with breast cancer-related lymphoedema by lymphaticovenous anastomosis (LVA): study protocol of a multicentre randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 10(1), [035337]. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035337

Wolfs, Joost ; Beugels, Jop ; Kimman, Merel ; Piatkowski de Grzymala, Andrzej A. ; Heuts, Esther ; Keuter, Xavier ; Tielemans, Hanneke ; Ulrich, Dietmar ; van der Hulst, R. ; Qiu, Shan Shan. / Improving the quality of life of patients with breast cancer-related lymphoedema by lymphaticovenous anastomosis (LVA) : study protocol of a multicentre randomised controlled trial. In: BMJ Open. 2020 ; Vol. 10, No. 1.

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Wolfs, J , Beugels, J , Kimman, M , Piatkowski de Grzymala, AA , Heuts, E , Keuter, X, Tielemans, H, Ulrich, D, van der Hulst, R & Qiu, SS 2020, 'Improving the quality of life of patients with breast cancer-related lymphoedema by lymphaticovenous anastomosis (LVA): study protocol of a multicentre randomised controlled trial', BMJ Open, vol. 10, no. 1, 035337. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035337

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In: BMJ Open, Vol. 10, No. 1, 035337, 01.2020.

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