Open AccessWhich Patients with Arm Oedema are Helped by Intermittent External Pneumatic Compression Therapy
Author(s) -
G. Newman
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of the royal society of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1758-1095
pISSN - 0141-0768
DOI - 10.1177/014107688808100704
Subject(s) - intermittent pneumatic compression , medicine , compression therapy , breast cancer , physical therapy , surgery , cancer , thrombosis , venous thromboembolism
Twenty-two breast cancer patients with arm oedema answered a questionnaire to assess the efficacy of intermittent pneumatic compression therapy. Ten patients found the treatment useful, 12 were disappointed. A number of factors were analysed to find out whether it is possible to predict the outcome of treatment.
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