The LYMPH trial: comparing microsurgical with conservative treatment for chronic breast cancer-associated lymphoedema – study protocol of a pragmatic randomised international multicentre superiority trial

Elisabeth A Kappos, Yvonne Haas, Alexandra Schulz, Florian Peters, Shakuntala Savanthrapadian, Julia Stoffel, Maria C Katapodi, Rosine Mucklow, Benedict Kaiser, Alexander Haumer, Stephanie Etter, Marco Cattaneo, Daniel Staub, Karin Ribi, Jane Shaw, Tristan M Handschin, Steffen Eisenhardt, Giuseppe Visconti, Gianluca Franceschini, Lorenzo Scardina, Benedetto Longo, Marcus Vetter, Khalil Zaman, Jan A Plock, Mario Scaglioni, Eduardo G Gonzalez, Sergio D Quildrian, Gunther Felmerer, Babak J Mehrara, Jaume Masia Ayala, Gemma Pons, Daniel F Kalbermatten, Justin M Sacks, Martin Halle, Maximillian V Muntean, Erin M Taylor, Maria Mani, Florian J Jung, Pietro G di Summa, Efterpi Demiri, Dimitris Dionyssiou, Anne K Groth, Norbert Heine, Joshua Vorstenborsch, Kathryn V Isaac, Shan Shan Qiu, Patricia E Engels, Axelle Serre, Anna-Lena Eberhardt, Sonja Ebner, Matthias Schwenkglenks, Yvette Stoel, Cornelia Leo, Raymund E Horch, Phillip Blondeel, Bjoern Behr, Ulrich Kneser, Lukas Prantl, Daniel T Boll, Cristina Granziera, Lars Hemkens, Nicole Lindenblatt, Martin Haug, Dirk J Schaefer, Christoph Hirche, Andrea L Pusic, Katrin Seidenstuecker, Yves Harder, Walter Weber

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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090662
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090662,
  title = {The LYMPH trial: comparing microsurgical with conservative treatment for chronic breast cancer-associated lymphoedema – study protocol of a pragmatic randomised international multicentre superiority trial},
  author = {Elisabeth A Kappos and Yvonne Haas and Alexandra Schulz and Florian Peters and Shakuntala Savanthrapadian and Julia Stoffel and Maria C Katapodi and Rosine Mucklow and Benedict Kaiser and Alexander Haumer and Stephanie Etter and Marco Cattaneo and Daniel Staub and Karin Ribi and Jane Shaw and Tristan M Handschin and Steffen Eisenhardt and Giuseppe Visconti and Gianluca Franceschini and Lorenzo Scardina and Benedetto Longo and Marcus Vetter and Khalil Zaman and Jan A Plock and Mario Scaglioni and Eduardo G Gonzalez and Sergio D Quildrian and Gunther Felmerer and Babak J Mehrara and Jaume Masia Ayala and Gemma Pons and Daniel F Kalbermatten and Justin M Sacks and Martin Halle and Maximillian V Muntean and Erin M Taylor and Maria Mani and Florian J Jung and Pietro G di Summa and Efterpi Demiri and Dimitris Dionyssiou and Anne K Groth and Norbert Heine and Joshua Vorstenborsch and Kathryn V Isaac and Shan Shan Qiu and Patricia E Engels and Axelle Serre and Anna-Lena Eberhardt and Sonja Ebner and Matthias Schwenkglenks and Yvette Stoel and Cornelia Leo and Raymund E Horch and Phillip Blondeel and Bjoern Behr and Ulrich Kneser and Lukas Prantl and Daniel T Boll and Cristina Granziera and Lars Hemkens and Nicole Lindenblatt and Martin Haug and Dirk J Schaefer and Christoph Hirche and Andrea L Pusic and Katrin Seidenstuecker and Yves Harder and Walter Weber},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {BMJ Open},
  doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090662},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090662}
}

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AU  - Benedict Kaiser
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AU  - Stephanie Etter
AU  - Marco Cattaneo
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AU  - Karin Ribi
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AU  - Lorenzo Scardina
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AU  - Marcus Vetter
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AU  - Sergio D Quildrian
AU  - Gunther Felmerer
AU  - Babak J Mehrara
AU  - Jaume Masia Ayala
AU  - Gemma Pons
AU  - Daniel F Kalbermatten
AU  - Justin M Sacks
AU  - Martin Halle
AU  - Maximillian V Muntean
AU  - Erin M Taylor
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AU  - Florian J Jung
AU  - Pietro G di Summa
AU  - Efterpi Demiri
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AU  - Bjoern Behr
AU  - Ulrich Kneser
AU  - Lukas Prantl
AU  - Daniel T Boll
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APA

Kappos, E. A., Haas, Y., Schulz, A., Peters, F., Savanthrapadian, S., Stoffel, J., Katapodi, M. C., Mucklow, R., Kaiser, B., Haumer, A., Etter, S., Cattaneo, M., Staub, D., Ribi, K., Shaw, J., Handschin, T. M., Eisenhardt, S., Visconti, G., Franceschini, G., Scardina, L., Longo, B., Vetter, M., Zaman, K., Plock, J. A., Scaglioni, M., Gonzalez, E. G., Quildrian, S. D., Felmerer, G., Mehrara, B. J., Ayala, J. M., Pons, G., Kalbermatten, D. F., Sacks, J. M., Halle, M., Muntean, M. V., Taylor, E. M., Mani, M., Jung, F. J., Summa, P. G. D., Demiri, E., Dionyssiou, D., Groth, A. K., Heine, N., Vorstenborsch, J., Isaac, K. V., Qiu, S. S., Engels, P. E., Serre, A., Eberhardt, A., Ebner, S., Schwenkglenks, M., Stoel, Y., Leo, C., Horch, R. E., Blondeel, P., Behr, B., Kneser, U., Prantl, L., Boll, D. T., Granziera, C., Hemkens, L., Lindenblatt, N., Haug, M., Schaefer, D. J., Hirche, C., Pusic, A. L., Seidenstuecker, K., Harder, Y., & Weber, W. (2025). The LYMPH trial: comparing microsurgical with conservative treatment for chronic breast cancer-associated lymphoedema – study protocol of a pragmatic randomised international multicentre superiority trial. BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090662

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