[Medical rehabilitation of breast cancer patients]

While in hospital, 100 patients with breast cancer received a course of medical rehabilitation (vacuum drainage of the wound, exercise therapy, etc). After 3 months, among the most frequent postoperative complications were edema (64%) and disturbed function of the extremities (23%). In most patients, these complications were mild or of medium severity. Among the major factors of long-term postoperative complication development were prolonged radiation therapy before surgery, extent of exeresis and complications which developed immediately after operation.