Ukudluliselwa Kwe-Lymph Node (LNT) inqubo ethuthukisiwe yokuhlinzwa kwe-microsurgical eyenzelwe ukubuyisela ukusebenza kwe-lymphatic kubantu abahlushwa yi-lymphedema engapheli, ikakhulukazi ngemva kokuhlinzwa komdlavuza webele noma ukwelashwa ngemisebe. Lapho ukwelashwa okulondolozayo njengokwelashwa kokucindezelwa noma ukukhipha amanzi kwe-lymphatic ngesandla kunganele, i-LNT inikeza ikhambi lokwakha kabusha elihlose imbangela eyinhloko yokungasebenzi kahle kwe-lymphatic.
I-Lymphedema yenzeka ngemva kokuhlinzwa komdlavuza lapho kukhona ukuphazamiseka noma umonakalo ohlelweni lwe-lymphatic, okuvame ukusiza ukukhipha uketshezi lwe-lymph ezicutshini. Kuyinkinga evamile ngemva kokuhlinzwa okubandakanya ukususwa kwama-lymph node noma ukwelashwa ngemisebe, ikakhulukazi kumdlavuza webele, wezifo zabesifazane, noma we-pelvic.
E-Apollo Athenaa, i-LNT yenziwa yithimba elikhethekile lodokotela abahlinzayo abasebenzisa ipulasitiki nabalungisa kabusha besebenzisa amasu okuhlinzwa asezingeni eliphezulu ukuze banikeze impumuzo yesikhathi eside kanye nekhwalithi yokuphila ethuthukisiwe.