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The purpose of this comparable cohort study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of immediate axillary plasty with pedicled partial Latissimus Dorsi muscle flap for lymphedema prevention in breast cancer patients who are undergoing axillary dissection.


Clinical Trial Description

Upper limb lymphedema is the main complication of axillary dissection. It is estimated that as many as 50% of patients undergoing lymph node dissection go on to develop lymphedema, with significantly decreased quality of life with frequent infections, decreased range of motion, and a cosmetic deformity. The treatment of lymphedema was be frustrated by technical difficulties and gave rise to a heavy budget burden. Some retrospective studies revealed that immediate and delayed breast reconstruction with lattismus dorsi flap brought unexpected relief to the upper limb lymphedema. The current study was composed to assess whether transferring a pedicled partial latissimus dorsi muscle flap to the axilla would prevent the occurrence of post-mastectomy lymphedema.

This prospectively designed cohort study have two parallel arms. Patients undergoing axillary dissection would be recruited to one of the two groups, according their own preference. ;


Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention


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NCT number NCT02318615
Study type Interventional
Source Peking University People's Hospital
Contact Houpu Yang, MD
Phone 86-10-88324010
Email yanghoupu@pkuph.edu.cn
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date December 2015
Completion date August 2020

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