China has banned the use of lymphatic-venous anastomosis (LVA) for treating Alzheimer's disease due to insufficient evidence ...

China has officially banned the surgical treatment of Alzheimer's disease after evaluating the procedure known as ...

National Health Commission says more research needed on procedure that has been performed in nearly 400 hospitals across the ...

China's top health authority has banned the use of a minimally invasive surgical procedure to treat Alzheimer's disease. The ...

Known as lymphatic venous anastomosis or LVA, the experimental surgical procedure aims to address Alzheimer's disease by manipulating the brain's waste clearance systems.

A year later, a second surgery, Lymphaticovenous Anastomosis, "directly connects the lymphatic vessels in the affected area of the body to the tiny veins nearby," Granzow said, allowing "excess ...

This version of lymphovenous anastomosis is done during axillary or inguinal node dissection to reduce the risk of lymphoedema developing after surgery. This procedure, also known as LYMPHA (lymphatic ...

Positive lymph nodes were present in 30 patients, of whom 11 died of their cancers; 5 died of other causes, and 14 were alive and well for more than five years — a 47 per cent "cure" rate.

Furthermore, even in postnatal mice with normal blood and lymphatic vessel separation, induced Flcn gene depletion in endothelial cells caused abnormal anastomosis between the two vessel types.

Evidence-based recommendations on lymphovenous anastomosis during axillary or inguinal node dissection for preventing secondary lymphoedema in adults. This involves diverting some of the lymphatic ...