Use of acupuncture by people with or at risk of lymphoedema is controversial. They are advised to avoid accidental and nonaccidental skin puncture (NASP) in the at risk or affected area to reduce the possibility of introducing infection or exacerbating swelling (Cole, 2006; Acupuncture is a form of traditional East Asian medicine that uses needles inserted superficially under the skin to stimul...

BACKGROUND Information on the physical and psychosocial disability of lymphatic filariasis in Sri Lanka is scarce. Therefore this study was carried out to describe the physical disability and psychosocial impact associated with chronic lymphoedema in patients attending filariasis clinics in the Colombo district, Sri Lanka. METHODS Four hundred and thirteen patients with lymphoedema of limbs a...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Secondary lymphoedema is considered one of the most common complications after breast cancer surgery. The aim of the present study was to analyze the effectiveness of containment elastic orthosis and manual lymphatic drainage in the prevention of lymphoedema secondary to mastectomy. PATIENTS AND METHOD An experimental study was performed with a control group. Forty-ei...

Director, Jan Douglass is a Vodder Therapist and Marielle Esplin is a Vodder Therapist and Occupational Therapist, Lymphoedema Assessment Clinic and Department of Surgery, Flinders Medical Centre and University, Bedford Park, Adelaide, Australia Breast cancer is a significant cancer in women and it has a number of treatment-related side-effects. Perhaps one of the most significant side-effects ...

Family Studies and Social Work, Miami University; Jane Armer is Professor, Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri-Columbia and Director of Nursing Research, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center; Debbie Daunt is Assistant Professor of Nursing, Dominican University of California; Julie Dusold, BS, MS, and Scott Culbertson, MD, were research assistants with the lymphedema research project at th...

the contributions ”Treatment of lymphoedema in difficult circumstances” by U. P. Katz (1) and “Complex compression therapy in difficult circumstances” by C. Hampel-Kalthoff (2, 3) concerned the case report of the painstaking treatment of a venous leg ulcer in “decompensated combined lipo-lymphoedema”, obesity and post-thrombotic syndrome. Although exact details of the aetiology and differential...