Quality of life following liposuction and conservative treatment of arm lymphedema

Lymphology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-25

  Brorson, Håkan ^a   Ohlin, K ^a   Olsson, G ^a   Langstrom G ^b   Wiklund, I ^b   Svensson, H ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arm lymphedema; Breast cancer; Controlled compression therapy; Liposuction; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOTHING; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED COMPRESSION THERAPY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; LIPOSUCTION; LYMPHEDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOULDER; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VOLUMETRY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; BANDAGES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646266940     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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