Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Cancer. 2011 Mar 15;117(6):1136-48. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25513. Epub 2010 Nov 8.
The findings support the use of compression garments and compression bandaging for reducing lymphedema volume in upper and lower extremity cancer-related lymphedema. Specific to breast cancer, a statistically significant, clinically small beneficial effect was found from the addition of manual lymph drainage massage to compression therapy for upper extremity lymphedema volume.
研究结果支持使用压缩服装和压缩绷带来减少上肢和下肢癌症相关淋巴水肿的体积。具体到乳腺癌,在对上肢淋巴水肿体积进行压缩治疗的基础上增加手动淋巴引流按摩,具有统计学意义的、临床意义较小的有益效果。