TANG Wu-jun, WANG Xiao-min. Current Status of Diagnosis and Treatment in Upper Limb Lymphedema after Mastectomy[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2007, 13(4): 68-71.
TANG Wu-jun, WANG Xiao-min. Current Status of Diagnosis and Treatment in Upper Limb Lymphedema after Mastectomy[J]. Chinese journal of experimental traditional medical formulae, 2007, 13(4): 68-71.DOI:
prevention etc.published in the last ten years.Upper limb lymphedema after mastectomy can severely threaten physical and mental health and life quality of the patients.The mild to moderate dropsy can be effectively treated by massage
booster pump
microwave and other physiotherapies
however they frequently relapse.The medication is not ideal.Operation may be considered for severe cases.Once the dropsy is generated
it can hardly be cured.Prevention should be the key point.Axillary lymph node dissection(ALDN)can be substituted by the Sentinel Lymph node biopsy(SLNB)
wich might fundamentally solve the complications of upper limb lymphedema.