RESUMO
The efficacy of various therapeutic schemes: medicinal (basic therapy--BT), acupuncture (AP) and laser therapy (LT) against a background of basic therapy--was assessed and compared in 36 patients with radiation limb edema. It was established that a degree of a decrease in edemas, the improvement of indices of rheovasography grew in the following order: BT----AP----LT. The recovery of the lymph flow and immunological indices were the same in all therapeutic schemes.
Assuntos
Edema/terapia , Lesões por Radiação/terapia , Terapia por Acupuntura , Braço/irrigação sanguínea , Neoplasias da Mama/complicações , Neoplasias da Mama/radioterapia , Terapia Combinada/métodos , Edema/etiologia , Edema/fisiopatologia , Feminino , Humanos , Terapia a Laser , Perna (Membro)/irrigação sanguínea , Linfa/fisiologia , Lesões por Radiação/etiologia , Lesões por Radiação/fisiopatologia , Fluxo Sanguíneo RegionalRESUMO
The authors presented the results of laser stimulation of reparation processes in 25 patients with late radiation skin ulcers. Short-term therapeutic results turned out to be favorable in 18 (72%) patients, a complete cicatrization of ulcers was observed in 9 patients, significant improvement in 9.