Standardised measurements used to order compression garments can be used to calculate arm volumes to evaluate lymphoedema treatment

Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 410-415

  Brorson, Håkan ^a   Höijer, Patrik ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arm lymphoedema; Breast cancer; Compression garment; Plethysmography; Treatment; Volume measurement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COMPRESSION BANDAGES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84869810193     PISSN: 2000656X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/2000656X.2012.714785     Document Type: Article

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