Literature DB >> 7480054

The use of compression to treat lymphoedema.

R Hornsby.   

Abstract

Lymphoedema in breast cancer patients can be treated. Patients need to feel that they have control over arm swelling. The treatment needs to be initiated by a physiotherapist working with a nurse specialist.

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Year:  1995        PMID: 7480054

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Prof Nurse        ISSN: 0266-8130


  6 in total

Review 1.  Manual lymphatic drainage for lymphedema following breast cancer treatment.

Authors:  Jeanette Ezzo; Eric Manheimer; Margaret L McNeely; Doris M Howell; Robert Weiss; Karin I Johansson; Ting Bao; Linda Bily; Catherine M Tuppo; Anne F Williams; Didem Karadibak
Journal:  Cochrane Database Syst Rev       Date:  2015-05-21

2.  Evaluation of the performance of a new compression system in patients with lymphoedema.

Authors:  Peter J Franks; Christine J Moffatt; Susie Murray; Martina Reddick; Andrea Tilley; Anne Schreiber
Journal:  Int Wound J       Date:  2012-03-20       Impact factor: 3.315

3.  Change in extracellular fluid and arm volumes as a consequence of a single session of lymphatic massage followed by rest with or without compression.

Authors:  J Maher; K Refshauge; L Ward; R Paterson; S Kilbreath
Journal:  Support Care Cancer       Date:  2012-03-13       Impact factor: 3.603

Review 4.  The treatment of lymphedema related to breast cancer: a systematic review and evidence summary.

Authors:  Lyn Kligman; Rebecca K S Wong; Mary Johnston; Nancy S Laetsch
Journal:  Support Care Cancer       Date:  2004-04-17       Impact factor: 3.603

5.  The addition of self-lymphatic drainage to compression therapy instead of manual lymphatic drainage in the first phase of complex decongestive therapy for treatment of breast cancer-related lymphedema: A randomized-controlled, prospective study.

Authors:  Zeynep Tuba Bahtiyarca; Aslı Can; Emel Ekşioğlu; Aytül Çakcı
Journal:  Turk J Phys Med Rehabil       Date:  2018-12-21

6.  Therapeutic effects of saireito (chai-ling-tang), a traditional Japanese herbal medicine, on lymphedema caused by radiotherapy: a case series study.

Authors:  Aiko Nagai; Yuta Shibamoto; Keiko Ogawa
Journal:  Evid Based Complement Alternat Med       Date:  2013-06-04       Impact factor: 2.629

  6 in total

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