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Physiotherapy Could Avert Post Breast Cancer Surgery Complications
Secondary lymphoedema is the most significant chronic complication after breast cancer surgery or radiation therapy. It is caused by damage to the lymphatic system during treatment, leading to fluid retention and arm swelling. It affects 71% of women within 12 months of surgery and can also cause cosmetic disfigurement, anxiety, depression and emotional distress.
Currently, women with breast cancer have a 77% probability of surviving at least 10 years, so effective prevention and management of complications that can impair function and affect quality of life after treatment are important.
So a research team in Madrid set out to investigate the effectiveness of early physiotherapy in reducing the risk of secondary lymphedema after breast cancer surgery.
They identified 120 women who had undergone breast cancer surgery involving removal of lymph nodes between May 2005 and June 2007.
Sixty patients were assigned to early physiotherapy and an educational strategy (intervention group) and 60 to the educational strategy only (control group). Both programmes lasted three weeks and patients were followed up four weeks after surgery, and again at three, six and 12 months after surgery.
Physiotherapy included manual lymph drainage, massage of scar tissue, and shoulder exercises by a physiotherapist. The educational strategy included materials about the lymphatic system and advice on how to avoid injury and prevent infection.
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