upper limb lymphedema after radical mastectomy
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention group A:moxibustion with lymphatic drainage
Intervention group B:circulation-driven therapy
Sponsors
Third Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
25 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) meet the diagnostic criteria of upper limb edema; (2) patients older than 25 years and younger than 75 years; (3) pathologically diagnosed as breast cancer, the surgical method is improved radical resection or radical resection of breast cancer patients after radical resection (4) patients with conscious swelling or upper limb joint dysfunction; (5) the subjects voluntarily signed the informed consent and can be followed up.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) pregnant women, lactating women and people with extremely high allergy; (2) metastatic tumor and lymph node metastasis; (3) patients with serious primary diseases such as heart, liver, kidney or hematopoietic system; (4) macular, papule, erythema, herpes, trauma and ulceration exist in the local skin of the affected limb; (5) patients with a chronic respiratory history who cannot tolerate moxibustion smell.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The upper limb circumference numerical;Upper limb volume; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Upper grip strength;Visual analogue scale;EORTC QLQ-C30; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactYingyi Fan
Third Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed