[Effectiveness of various therapeutic schemes for patients with radiation edema of the extremities].
The efficacy of various therapeutic schemes: medicinal (basic therapy--BT), acupuncture (AP) and laser therapy (LT) against a background of basic therapy--was assessed and compared in 36 patients with radiation limb edema. It was established that a degree of a decrease in edemas, the improvement of indices of rheovasography grew in the following order: BT----AP----LT. The recovery of the lymph flow and immunological indices were the same in all therapeutic schemes.
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D001132:Arm / Q000098:blood supply; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000532:radiotherapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000379:methods; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008196:Lymph / Q000502:physiology; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012039:Regional Blood Flow
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