b'SECTION 1: WHAT IS LYMPHEDEMA (LE)?SECTION 4: HOW TO PREVENT LYMPHEDEMALets look at an entirely different scenario and rewind to where the green train has not hit the crack in the tracksyet. The engineer has binoculars and sees the crack coming but cant stop the train in time. As it turns out,the train can switch tracks before coming to the crack.The engineer pushes some buttons, and the green train switches onto the blue train track system before hittingthe crack. We avoided the disaster!An exciting and promising new field of lymphaticsurgery is immediate lymphatic reconstruction. In patients who are at high risk for getting lymphedema The arterial system is releasing cells and proteins (i.e., patients who will have lymph nodes removed), constantly as it courses down the arm.surgeons are able to perform a lympho-venous (LV) bypass at the time of the lymph node removal toreduce the risk of developing lymphedema. 36 UNDERSTANDING LYMPHEDEMA: KEEPING THE TRAIN ON TRACK SECTION 4: HOW TO PREVENT LYMPHEDEMA 37'