Evaluation of the risk of developing lymphoedema of the upper limb in women subjected to motor rehabilitation after radical mastectomy

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Evaluation of the risk of developing lymphoedema of the upper limb in
women subjected to motor rehabilitation after radical mastectomy

Przegl Lek. 2008

Kopański Z, Zyznawska J, Pieta R, Tymendorf G.
Oddział Chirurgii Onkologicznej 5 Wojskowego Szpitala Klinicznego - SP
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The analysis included 86 women in whom lymphoedema occurred in the
upper limn (ULL) after radical mastectomy. The analysis were carried
out in this group of patients, as well as in a control group (patients
without ULL) 14 somatic parameters were examined. These parameters
were evaluated before the intervention. It was established that among
the anthropometric traits examined, only the body mass, hip width, hip-
shoulder index, Chest flattening index, BMI index, WHR index,
Quetelet's index, Rohrer's index, Pignet-Verwaeck's index assume
average values in women with ULL in the preoperative period
(statistically significantly different from those which occur in women
without this complication(. It was shown that the dispensary group of
women ill with breast cancer with a statistically significantly high
risk of developing ULL was made up of patients with a large mass
(>69.2 kg), WHR (>0.94), Quetele's (>448.7), Rohrer's (>1.76) and
Pignet-Verwaeck's (107.7). A slim body build and low indexe values
appear to be a factor protecting from this occurrence of the
complication.

PMID: 18853648 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18853648?ordinalpos=7&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum