ArticleClinical interventions in aging2018
Comparison of the effectiveness of complex decongestive therapy and compression bandaging as a method of treatment of lymphedema in the elderly.
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- Predictors of the Efficacy of Lymphedema Decongestive Therapy.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
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- Demonstration of the effectiveness of complete decongestive treatment in secondary lymphedema developing after total knee arthroplasty.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2024Article
- Demystifying vascularized lymph node transfers and lymphatico-venous anastomoses.Annals of translational medicine · 2024Review
- Vascularized Lymph Node Transfer Improved Outcomes of Elderly Patients with Secondary Upper Extremity Lymphedema.Annals of surgical oncology · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of Mobiderm® bandages in the treatment of cancer-related secondary lymphedema: A pilot study.Medicine · 2022Article
- Medicine and Phlebolymphology: Time to Change?Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Review
- Comprehensive Decongestive Therapy as a Treatment for Secondary Lymphedema of the Lower Extremity and Quality of Life of Women After Gynecological Cancer Surgery.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundLymphedema is a chronic condition which significantly lowers the quality of patient life, particularly among elderly populations, whose mobility and physical function are often reduced.
objectivesThe aim of the study was to compare the effectiveness of multi-layer compression bandaging (MCB) and complex decongestive therapy (CDT), and to show that MCB is a cheaper, more accessible and less labor intensive method of treating lymphedema in elderly patients. PATIENTS AND
methodsThe study included 103 patients (85 women and 18 men) aged ≥60 years, with unilateral lower limb lymphedema. The subjects were divided into two groups: 50 treated with CDT and 53 with MCB. Pre- and post-treatment BMI, and average and maximum circumference of the edematous extremities were analyzed.
resultsReduction in swelling in both groups was achieved after 15 interventions. Both therapies demonstrated similar efficacy in reducing limb volume and circumference, but MCB showed greater efficacy in reducing the maximum circumference.
conclusionCompression bandaging is a vital component of CDT. Maximum lymphedema reduction during therapy and maintaining its effect cannot be achieved without it. It also demonstrates its effectiveness as an independent method, which can reduce therapy cost and accessibility.
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