ABSTRACT
The efficacy of various therapeutic schemes: medicinal (basic therapy--BT), acupuncture (AP) and laser therapy (LT) against a background of basic therapy--was assessed and compared in 36 patients with radiation limb edema. It was established that a degree of a decrease in edemas, the improvement of indices of rheovasography grew in the following order: BT----AP----LT. The recovery of the lymph flow and immunological indices were the same in all therapeutic schemes.
Subject(s)
Edema/therapy , Radiation Injuries/therapy , Acupuncture Therapy , Arm/blood supply , Breast Neoplasms/complications , Breast Neoplasms/radiotherapy , Combined Modality Therapy/methods , Edema/etiology , Edema/physiopathology , Female , Humans , Laser Therapy , Leg/blood supply , Lymph/physiology , Radiation Injuries/etiology , Radiation Injuries/physiopathology , Regional Blood FlowABSTRACT
The authors presented the results of laser stimulation of reparation processes in 25 patients with late radiation skin ulcers. Short-term therapeutic results turned out to be favorable in 18 (72%) patients, a complete cicatrization of ulcers was observed in 9 patients, significant improvement in 9.
