Which Patients with Arm Oedema Are Helped by Intermittent External Pneumatic Compression Therapy

Overview

Journal J R Soc Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1988 Jul 1

PMID 3411583

Citations 1

Authors

G Newman

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Abstract

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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