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Lymphedema is a major challenge for cancer patients. This study highlights the financial toll...almost all “extreme charge” patients had leg edema. How many though would have benefited from venous revascularization? @CHICKVIR @JBuckleyMD @SIO_Central
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First study to examine costs of hospitalization in lymphedema patients using nationwide US data shows reimbursed costs of over $1b from 2012-2017. Lower extremity lymphedema, younger age and multiple comorbidities were associated with extreme costs ja.ma/32iLGsY
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