Published March 1987 | Version v1
Journal article

Efficacy of various schemes of therapy of patients with radiation limb edema

  • 1. Akademiya Meditsinskikh Nauk SSSR, Obninsk. Nauchno-Issledovatel'skij Inst. Meditsinskoj Radiologii

Description

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

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Additional titles

Original title (Russian)
Эффективност' разных схем терапии больных с лучевыми отеками конечностей

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Med. Radiol.
Journal Volume
32
Journal Issue
3
Series
Med. Radiol.
Journal Page Range
18-22
ISSN
0025-8334
CODEN
MERAA