Clinical application of axillary reverse mapping in patients with breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The axillary reverse mapping (ARM) technique, identify and preserve arm nodes during sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) or axillary lymph node dissection (ALND), was developed to prevent breast-cancer related lymphedema (BCRL) remains controversial.

Methods

A comprehensive search of Medline Ovid, Pubmed, Web of Science and the Cochrane CENTRAL databases was conducted from the inception till January 2020. The key word including "breast cancer", "axillary reverse mapping", and "lymphedema". Stata 15.1 software was used for the meta-analysis.

Results

As a result, twenty-nine related studies involving 4954 patients met our inclusion criteria. The pooled overall estimate lymphedema incidence was 7% (95% CI 4%-11%, I² = 90.35%, P < 0.05), with SLNB show

SUBMITTER: Wijaya WA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7474002 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature