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Lymphedema risk, healing time with sentinel biopsy?

April 26, 2017biopsy healing lymphedema risk Sentinel time

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Lymphedema risk, healing time with sentinel biopsy?

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Linda Miller, P.T.: Women who have had sentinel node biopsy are at less risk to get lymphedema; it’s about 10% to12% of incidents at this point. We do recommend that if you have sentinel node dissection that you still follow the lymphedema precaution list.