ReviewDer Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete2015
[Complex decongestive therapy].
Review in Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of physical therapy for lower limb lymphedema in gynecological cancer survivors: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Microsurgical versus complex physical decongestive therapy for chronic breast cancer-related lymphoedema.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- [Differential diagnostics of lipedema and lymphedema : A practical guideline].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2018Guideline
- [Differential diagnostics of lipedema and lymphedema : A practical guideline].Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie · 2018Guideline
- [Single-stage treatment of upper limb lymphedema following breast cancer surgery using superficial circumflex iliac artery perforator-based vascularized lymph node transfer combined with lymphaticovenular anastomosis and liposuction].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2025Article
- Adherence to Compression Garments in Lymphedema Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Observational
- Vascularized lymph node transfer (VLNT) versus lymphaticovenous anastomosis (LVA) for chronic breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL): a retrospective cohort study of effectiveness over time.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2025Article
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- Predictors of the Efficacy of Lymphedema Decongestive Therapy.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- Improving quality of life after breast cancer: a comparison of two microsurgical treatment options for breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL).Clinical and experimental medicine · 2024Article
- Bibliometric analysis of breast cancer-related lymphedema research trends over the last 2 decades.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- Combining reconstructive and ablative surgical treatment of chronic breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL): safe and effective.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2023Article
- Lipoedema is not lymphoedema: A review of current literature.International wound journal · 2018Review
- [Lipedema: up-to-date of a long forgotten disease].Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2017Review
- Hereditary Lymphedema of the Leg - A Case Report.Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences · 2017Article
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Abstract
The amount of physical pressure plays an important role in complex decongestive therapy (CDT). As a function of pressure, microcirculation takes place between blood vessels and tissue. As part of the total lymphatic system, lymphatic vessels transport the lymphatic load from the interstitial space to the blood stream. The lymphatic vessel system, characterized by specific anatomical conditions like initial lymphatic vessels, precollectors, collectors, and lymphatic strains, is the therapeutic target of complex decongestive therapy. Components of CDT include manual lymphatic drainage, compression therapy, decongestive kinesitherapy, and good skin care, which increase the transport capacity of the lymphatic vessel system. Currently, CDT is acknowledged as the main conservative treatment of lymphedema of primary and secondary genesis, lipolymphedema, and phlebolymphedema. In clinical practice, we are increasingly confronted with edema of multifactorial genesis requiring a critical discussion and stocktaking of comprehensive clinical findings in terms of the indication for CDT. Therapeutic success depends on a joint application of all CDT components and patient compliance. To an increasing extent, medical research tries to combine successfully CDT with adjunct treatment options.
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