Axillary reverse mapping - chance to prevent lymphedema in braest cancer patients

Abstract

The axillary reverse mapping (ARM) technique has been developed to map and preserve arm lymphatic drainage during axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) and/or sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy, thereby minimizing arm lymphedema. However, several problems remain to be resolved in the practical application of this technique.

This article presents a review of current knowledge regarding ARM and discusses the practical applicability and relevance of this technique.

Keywords

• Braest cancer
• axillary reverse mapping
• lymphedema
• sentinel node biopsy