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INTENSIVE TREATMENT OF LEG LYMPHEDEMA
BACKGROUND: Despite of all the problems caused by lymphedema, this disease continues to affect millions of people worldwide. Thus, the identification of the most efficacious forms of treatment is necessary. AIM: The aim of this study was to evaluate a novel intensive outpatient treatment for leg lym...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2887517/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20606882 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.62745 |
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author | Pereira de Godoy, José Maria Azoubel, Lina M O de Fátima Guerreiro de Godoy, Maria |
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description | BACKGROUND: Despite of all the problems caused by lymphedema, this disease continues to affect millions of people worldwide. Thus, the identification of the most efficacious forms of treatment is necessary. AIM: The aim of this study was to evaluate a novel intensive outpatient treatment for leg lymphedema. METHODS: Twenty-three legs of 19 patients were evaluated in a prospective randomized study. The inclusion criteria were patients with Grade II and III lymphedema, where the difference, measured by volumetry, between the affected limb below the knee and the healthy limb was greater than 1.5 kg. Intensive treatment was carried out for 6- to 8-h sessions in the outpatient clinic. Analysis of variance was utilized for statistical analysis with an alpha error of 5% (P-value <0.05) being considered significant. RESULTS: All limbs had significant reductions in size with the final mean loss being 81.1% of the volume of edema. The greatest losses occurred in the first week (P-value <0.001). Losses of more than 90% of the lymphedema occurred in 9 (39.13%) patients; losses of more than 80% in 13 (56.52%), losses of more than 70% in 17 (73.91%) and losses of more than 50% were recorded for 95.65% of the patients; only 1 patient lost less than 50% (37.9%) of the edema. CONCLUSION: The intensive treatment of lymphedema in the outpatient clinic can produce significant reductions in the volume of edema over a short period of time and can be recommended for any grade of lymphedema, in particular the more advanced degrees. |
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spelling | pubmed-28875172010-07-02 INTENSIVE TREATMENT OF LEG LYMPHEDEMA Pereira de Godoy, José Maria Azoubel, Lina M O de Fátima Guerreiro de Godoy, Maria Indian J Dermatol Therapeutic Round BACKGROUND: Despite of all the problems caused by lymphedema, this disease continues to affect millions of people worldwide. Thus, the identification of the most efficacious forms of treatment is necessary. AIM: The aim of this study was to evaluate a novel intensive outpatient treatment for leg lymphedema. METHODS: Twenty-three legs of 19 patients were evaluated in a prospective randomized study. The inclusion criteria were patients with Grade II and III lymphedema, where the difference, measured by volumetry, between the affected limb below the knee and the healthy limb was greater than 1.5 kg. Intensive treatment was carried out for 6- to 8-h sessions in the outpatient clinic. Analysis of variance was utilized for statistical analysis with an alpha error of 5% (P-value <0.05) being considered significant. RESULTS: All limbs had significant reductions in size with the final mean loss being 81.1% of the volume of edema. The greatest losses occurred in the first week (P-value <0.001). Losses of more than 90% of the lymphedema occurred in 9 (39.13%) patients; losses of more than 80% in 13 (56.52%), losses of more than 70% in 17 (73.91%) and losses of more than 50% were recorded for 95.65% of the patients; only 1 patient lost less than 50% (37.9%) of the edema. CONCLUSION: The intensive treatment of lymphedema in the outpatient clinic can produce significant reductions in the volume of edema over a short period of time and can be recommended for any grade of lymphedema, in particular the more advanced degrees. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC2887517/ /pubmed/20606882 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.62745 Text en © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Therapeutic Round Pereira de Godoy, José Maria Azoubel, Lina M O de Fátima Guerreiro de Godoy, Maria INTENSIVE TREATMENT OF LEG LYMPHEDEMA |
title | INTENSIVE TREATMENT OF LEG LYMPHEDEMA |
title_full | INTENSIVE TREATMENT OF LEG LYMPHEDEMA |
title_fullStr | INTENSIVE TREATMENT OF LEG LYMPHEDEMA |
title_full_unstemmed | INTENSIVE TREATMENT OF LEG LYMPHEDEMA |
title_short | INTENSIVE TREATMENT OF LEG LYMPHEDEMA |
title_sort | intensive treatment of leg lymphedema |
topic | Therapeutic Round |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2887517/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20606882 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.62745 |
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