Factors influencing breast cancer-related lymphedema volume after intensive decongestive physiotherapy

Background Lymphedema treatment is based on an intensive decongestive physiotherapy phase of volume reduction followed by a long-term maintenance phase. Factors influencing the morbid lymphedema volume increase during maintenance were analyzed. Materials and methods Among 867 consecutive women recru...

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Published in:Supportive care in cancer 2011-07, Vol.19 (7), p.935-940
Main Authors: Vignes, Stéphane, Porcher, Raphaël, Arrault, Maria, Dupuy, Alain
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Analysis
Breast cancer
Breast Neoplasms - complications
Breast Neoplasms - psychology
Breast Neoplasms - therapy
Clinical outcomes
Confidence Intervals
Drainage
Female
Health aspects
Health Status Indicators
Humans
Lymphatic system
Lymphedema
Lymphedema - etiology
Lymphedema - pathology
Medical treatment
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Nursing
Nursing Research
Oncology
Original Article
Pain Medicine
Physical therapy
Physical Therapy Modalities - instrumentation
Postoperative Complications - etiology
Postoperative Complications - pathology
Prospective Studies
Rehabilitation Medicine
Risk Factors
Statistics as Topic
Stockings, Compression
Therapeutics, Physiological
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Summary:Background Lymphedema treatment is based on an intensive decongestive physiotherapy phase of volume reduction followed by a long-term maintenance phase. Factors influencing the morbid lymphedema volume increase during maintenance were analyzed. Materials and methods Among 867 consecutive women recruited and followed in a single lymphology unit, 682 were analyzed. The other 185 were not analyzed because of an initial lymphedema volume
ISSN:0941-4355
1433-7339
DOI:10.1007/s00520-010-0906-x