Immediate lymphatic reconstruction: the time is right to prevent lymphedema following lymphadenectomy for vulvar cancer

Affiliations

• ¹ Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
• ² Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
• ³ Gynecology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
• ⁴ Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.
• ⁵ Reconstructive Surgery Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
• ⁶ Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada gregg.nelson@ahs.ca.