Onkológia 3/2008

LYMPHEDEMA AND ITS TREATMENT BY PHYSIOTHERAPEUTIC METHODS

The therapy of the onkological disseases can lead to posssible complications. As the prevalence of oncologic disease is on constant increase the number of possible complications increases too. The authors manly deal in their department with secondary lymphoedema. The most effective treatment of the lymphoedema is the physiotherapy. The long lasting experiences prove that the early diagnosis and the correct treatment are the guarantee of the success. The modalities used in therapy are not only antioedematose gymnastics, manual lymphatic drainage, intermittent compression by multiseptate sacs and compressive bandage but although the education of the patient, which contains recommendation of the correct regimen, indicated and contraindicated activities.

Keywords: lymphoedema – primary and secondary, complication of the therapy, complex pressotherapy, manual lymphodrainage, compressive bandage, antioedematose gymnastics, education of the patient