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MLD was developed in Europe in the 1930s by Danish physiotherapists Estrid and Emil Vodder as a technique to control post-mastectomylymphedema. MLD is a gentle and superficially focused massage in which lymph is moved from areas of lymphatic vessel damage to watershed regions.28The first part of...
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Lymphedema occurs in at least 8% of women after mastectomy, with as many as 38% developing lymphedema after axillary lymph node dissection and radiation. Nine percent of patients suffer bilateral lymphedema, and 40% of patients have progressive size of the extremity, although proximal extension ...
The influence of [elastic therapeutic taping] applications on lymphoedema of an upper limb in women after mastectomy. Fizjoterapia Polska, 2007;3(4):258-269. Tsai HJ, Hung HC, Yang JL, Huang CS, Tsauo JY. Could [elastic therapeutic tape] replace the bandage in decongestive lymphatic ...
Dissection of the excised specimen after surgery and pathological analysis Under general anesthesia, 2 ml of blue dye was injected in the same site as microbubbles have been injected. The injection site was massaged for 5 min before the modified radical mastectomy. After the surgery, the excised...
While muscular movement clearly helps the lymphatic system, deep breathing is equally important. Dr. Jack Shields, a prominent lymphologist, conducted a study in 1979 that showed deep diaphragmatic breathing causes the lungs to press into the thoracic duct (after its purification by lymph nodes etc...
[35]. The lymphatic endothelium is ruptured after a wound and compromises the draining capacity of LVs, resulting in lymphedema [36,37,38]. Chronic lymphedema affects 0.13-2% of the global population [39]. In the case of breast cancer patients following a mastectomy, 24-49% of patients ...
Furthermore, compressions or massages are usually used to limit or prevent secondary lymphedema in post-operative rehabilitation [38]. The efficacy of PMLVA was already testified for the prevention of secondary lymphedema after CLND of the axilla or groin in oncologic patients [39]. Moreover, ...