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Microwave heating in the management of postmastectomy upper limb lymphedema
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital of Shanghai, China.
Annals of Plastic Surgery
|June 1, 1996
Abstract:
The results of treating chronic lymphedema using microwave heating are described in 45 patients with postmastectomy lymphedema of the upper extremity. Forty-five patients showed a significant (p < 0.01) reduction in the amount of peripheral edema after two courses of treatment. The incidence and severity of secondary acute inflammation (erysipelas) were also sharply reduced (p < 0.01). The elasticity of the soft tissue was restored.