Onkológia 6/2009
Compressive bandage in treatment of the lymphoedema
The lymphatic oedema is one of the possible complications after the treatment of the onkologic diseases. On their department, authors mostly handle secondary lymphoedema, but as a highly specialized department they treat various stages of primary lymphoedema also. The compressive bandage is one of the most important treatment modality of the lymphoedema. It is used in every lymphoedema stage and in every phase of the treatment. It differs only on the kind of tool and on the material quality.
Keywords: lymphoedema, primary, secondary, lymphoedema stages, the types of compression, press pads, compressive classes, the patient education
