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    Overview

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    Introduction

    The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) prepared this interventional procedure overview to help members of the interventional procedures advisory committee (IPAC) make recommendations about the safety and efficacy of an interventional procedure. It is based on a rapid review of the medical literature and professional opinion. It should not be regarded as a definitive assessment of the procedure.

    Date prepared

    This overview was prepared in July 2021.

    Procedure name

    • Liposuction for chronic lymphoedema

    Professional societies

    • British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons

    • British Lymphology Society

    • The Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland

    • British Association of Dermatology