Liposuction therapy for chronic lymphoedema of the arm after breast cancer

Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common disease in women, and up to one third develops lymph oedema of the arm following mastectomy, standard axiliary node dissection and postoperative irradiation. Limb reductions have been reported utilising various conservative therapies such as manual lymph drainage and pressure therapy. In failure of conservative therapy H. Brorosn described encouraging results with liposuction. Liposuction removes the hypertrophied adipose tissue and is a precondition to achieve complete reduction. Methods: In our patient we used the power assisted liposuction to remove the hypertrop…