[Pressure therapy using a mercury bath. Indications, results].

In the scope of lymphatic and veno-lymphatic pathology, in order to soften the limbs with a maximum effectiveness so that the lymphatic structures will be more operational, this pressotherapy consists in using the properties of mercury, high density fluid, to realize a compressive and progressive, painless cast, adjusted to the form of the limb. Usually, the limb is placed vertically in a treatment tank where mercury is introduced, according to certain modalities; to reach variable and programmed levels. This preliminary study shows that the method, with good results ranging between 75 and 85 p. cent, is indicated in the treatment of all lymphedemas, the treatment of venolymphatic edemas, post-phlebitic sequelae, treatment of hypodermatitis and persistent ulcers due to primary venous insufficiency or phlebitis sequelae (and even, with other protocols, in arterial pathology).