Conservative treatment of lymphedema: the state of the art
Tratamento conservador do linfedema: estado da arte
Anke Bergmann; Jaqueline Munaretto Timm Baiocchi; Mauro Figueiredo Carvalho de Andrade
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Resumo: Este artigo tem como objetivo discutir as possibilidades de tratamentos conservadores e não medicamentosos para o linfedema. Foi realizada uma revisão não sistemática da literatura, com a inclusão de estudos realizados em humanos com diferentes tipos de linfedema. Várias abordagens de tratamento foram relatadas, sendo a terapia descongestiva complexa considerada o tratamento mais eficaz para o linfedema de membros. Outros tratamentos conservadores foram propostos, como taping, terapia por ondas de choque extracorpórea, acupuntura, fotobiomodulação, endermologia, compressão pneumática intermitente e eletroterapia de baixa intensidade e baixa frequência. A escolha da abordagem terapêutica a ser empregada deve considerar as características do linfedema, a experiência do terapeuta e os desejos do paciente. Além disso, como é uma condição crônica, o paciente deve aderir ao tratamento. Para isso, a proposta terapêutica pode ser a chave para um melhor controle do volume do membro.
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Submitted date:
06/17/2020
Accepted date:
10/08/2020