Swedborg I, Norrefalk J R, Piller N B, Asard C
Red Cross Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Scand J Rehabil Med. 1993 Jun;25(2):79-82.
In an attempt to obtain information about the efficacy of arm elevation on the reduction of lymphoedema following mastectomy, a study on 33 patients was carried out in which both the control, contralateral and lymphoedematous arms were elevated for periods of 1 and 5 h. There were statistically significant (p < 0.05) reductions in the volumes of the control and lymphoedematous arms after 1 and 5 h of elevation. After 1 h of elevation, significantly more fluid was removed from the control arm (2.7%) than the lymphoedematous one (1.3%). At 5 h there was no significant difference in the volume of fluid removed from the control arm (3.3%) compared with the lymphoedematous one (3.1%).
为了获取关于抬高手臂对降低乳房切除术后淋巴水肿效果的信息，对33名患者进行了一项研究，其中对照侧、对侧和淋巴水肿手臂均抬高1小时和5小时。抬高1小时和5小时后，对照侧和淋巴水肿手臂的体积有统计学意义的减小（p<0.05）。抬高1小时后，对照侧手臂排出的液体量（2.7%）明显多于淋巴水肿手臂（1.3%）。在5小时时，对照侧手臂排出的液体量（3.3%）与淋巴水肿手臂（3.1%）相比无显著差异。
