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Comparison of the effectiveness of complex decongestive therapy and compression bandaging as a method of treatment of lymphedema in the elderly

Clinical Interventions in Aging Jun 01, 2018

Zasadzka E, et al. - In patients (85 women and 18 men) aged ≥60 years, with unilateral lower limb lymphedema, researchers compared the effectiveness of two management strategies: multi-layer compression bandaging (MCB) vs complex decongestive therapy (CDT). They also intended to demonstrate that MCB is a cheaper, more accessible and less labor intensive method of treating lymphedema in this patient populace. They found that compression bandaging represented a vital component of CDT. Without it, maximum lymphedema reduction during therapy and maintaining its impact could not be possible. Moreover, it was found efficacious as an independent method, which could result in attenuation of therapy cost and accessibility.
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