选择接受压迫疗法的淋巴水肿患者。

Selection of patients with lymphedema for compression therapy.

作者信息

Raines J K, O'Donnell T F, Kalisher L, Darling R C

出版信息

Am J Surg. 1977 Apr;133(4):430-7. doi: 10.1016/0002-9610(77)90127-1.

Abstract

Seventeen patients with lymphedema were treated with intermittent external pneumatic compression. Two patients with hemodynamically significant venous obstruction showed no response to therapy. The response of the remaining fifteen patients varied with the degree of subcutaneous tissue fibrosis. Xeroradiographic estimates of tissue compressibility provided valuable prognostic information. Intermittent external pneumatic compression is an effective nonsurgical method of treatment in patients selected by xeroradiography.

摘要

17名淋巴水肿患者接受了间歇性外部气压治疗。2名患有血流动力学显著静脉阻塞的患者对治疗无反应。其余15名患者的反应因皮下组织纤维化程度而异。干板X线摄影对组织可压缩性的评估提供了有价值的预后信息。对于通过干板X线摄影选择的患者，间歇性外部气压治疗是一种有效的非手术治疗方法。