NCT05240235

The Effect of Manual Lymph Drainage in the Treatment of Breast Edema

The Effect of Manual Lymph Drainage in the Treatment of Breast Edema That May Occur in Patients Undergoing Breast-conserving Surgery and Adjuvant Radiotherapy-Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: Acibadem University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Breast conserving surgery (BCS) is widely used in the treatment of breast cancer. Breast edema can be seen frequently after BCS and radiotherapy applications. Breast edema affects quality of life and may result in a cosmetically unsatisfactory outcome for the patient. Therefore, it is important to treat and prevent its development. In the light of this information, the present randomized controlled study aims to determine the effect of manual lymph drainage method in the treatment of breast edema in patients undergoing breast-conserving surgery and adjuvant radiotherapy.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer and Rehabilitation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Education, compression and exercise therapy	Education; It includes information about the disease, information about risk factors, information that one should pay attention to, and skin care. For compression, sponge-shaped pads that create compression into the bra and prepared by the lymphedema physiotherapist will be used. The exercises will include breathing and upper extremity joint movement exercises determined by Casley-Smith, and the other days to be applied by the physiotherapist when the patient comes to the session will be applied by the patient once a day at home.
OTHER	Education, compression and exercise therapy manual lymph drainage	Education; It includes information about the disease, information about risk factors, information that one should pay attention to, and skin care. For compression, sponge-shaped pads that create compression into the bra and prepared by the lymphedema physiotherapist will be used. The exercises will include breathing and upper extremity joint movement exercises determined by Casley-Smith, and the other days to be applied by the physiotherapist when the patient comes to the session will be applied by the patient once a day at home. In addition, patients will be given manual lymph drainage for one and a half hours every day for the first two weeks. Afterwards, patients will be taken to the same therapy in the hospital for 1 day a week, and on other days they will do self manual lymph drainage at home for 10 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-11-21
• Primary completion: 2024-06-15
• Completion: 2024-07-10
• First posted: 2022-02-15
• Last updated: 2024-07-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)