Limpehedema Early Detection Program
Introducción
One of the great medical advances in the approach to lymphedema is the screening program for an early diagnosis, aimed at patients who have undergone breast cancer, and also for those who have suffered from ovarian cancer or patients who have gone through a prostate cancer or melanoma and they also have a risk of lymphedema.
The screening program is based on a test using the indocyanine green fluorescence scanner. The indocyanine green scanner, also known as PDE, has been shown to be much more sensitive than lymphogamagraphy and other imaging tests.
Surgery duration
20 minutes
Bed
Not required
Recovery
Inmediately
Anesthesia
Not requiered
Effect
Test
Results
Inmediately
Treatment
We suggest you an appointment three months after completing your cancer treatment, for an initial consultation and an examination with ICG lymphography.
1. If the result of the scanner is normal, then we will repeat the scanner every six months for another three years to make sure that lymphedema is detected before even you are aware of the symptoms.
Expert opinion
Dr. Jaume Masià
A simple test allows us to detect lymphedema early in patients who have undergone surgery after breast cancer, in order to repair the lymphatic system before deterioration.
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