Indocyanine green utility in prevention and treatment of breast lymphedema
Authors:   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, BACALBASA Nicolae ,   Department of Visceral Surgery, Center of Excellence in Translational Medicine, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, ZAMFIR Radu ,   ”Dan Setlacec” Center of Gastrointestinal Disease and Liver Transplantation, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, BALESCU Irina ,   Department of Visceral Surgery, ”Ponderas” Academic Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, BOHILTEA Roxana ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Filantropia Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, PETREA Sorin ,   Department of Surgery, “Dr.I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ALDOESCU Sorin ,   Department of Surgery, “Dr.I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, VILCU Mihaela ,   Department of Surgery, “Dr.I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, BREZEAN Iulian ,   Department of Surgery, “Dr.I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, POP Lucian ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Alessandrescu-Rusescu“ National Institute of Mother and Child Care, Bucharest, Romania, CIULCU Alexandru ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Dr.I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ROMANESCU Dragos ,   Department of Surgery, “Sanador” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, STOICA Claudia ,   Department of Anatomy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, Ilfov County Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, MARTAC Cristina ,   Department of Anesthesiology, "Fundeni" Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, URSUT Bogdan ,   Department of Surgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, ”Agrippa Ionescu” Clinical Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, FILIPESCU Alexandru ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, "Elias" Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, TOMESCU Cezar Laurentiu ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Ovidius” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Constanta, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Sf. Andrei” Clinical Emergency Hospital, Constanta, Romania, ALOUL Adnan Ad ,   Department of Surgery, Ramnicu Sarat County Hospital, Buzau, Romania,   Department of Surgery, “Titu Maiorescu“ University, Bucharest, Romania
Published: April 2022

Breast cancer represents the most commonly encountered malignancy in women worldwide. In the last decades, due to the improvement of the imagistic techniques and to the wide implementation of screening tests, a significant number of cases are suitable for conservative surgery therefore improving the quality of life. Although the postoperative morbidity after breast conservative surgery is reduced, the procedure can still be associated with certain complications such as breast lymphedema, or wound difficult healing. The aim of the current paper is to discuss the possibility of prevention and treatment of breast lymphedema by using innovative techniques such as indocyanine green.