Association of the lymphedema appearance with the acomplishment of the prophylactic measures

Authors

  • Laura Ferreira de Rezende Docente e coordenadora do Curso de Fisioterapia do Centro Universitário das Faculdades Associadas de Ensino (Unifae). Graduada em Fisioterapia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-Campinas). Especialista em Fisioterapia Aplicada à Saúde da Mulher pelo Centro de Atenção Integral à Saúde da Mulher (CAISM) da Unicamp. Mestre e doutora pelo Departamento de Tocoginecologia da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM) da Unicamp.
  • Hugo Evangelista Brandino Aluno do 4º ano de Fisioterapia do Centro Universitário das Faculdades Associadas de Ensino (Unifae).
  • Eduardo Francisco Simon Ciacо Professor do Curso de Ciências Econômicas do Centro Universitário das Faculdades Associadas de Ensino (Unifae). Graduado em Engenharia Civil pela Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie e em Informática: Sistemas de Informação pelo Unifae. Especialista em Controladoria em Administração e Finanças pelo Unifae e mestre em Administração e Desenvolvimento Organizacional pela Faculdade Cenecista de Varginha (Faceca). Projeto financiado pelo Programa de Apoio à Iniciação Científica (PAIC) do Centro Universitário das Faculdades Associadas de Ensino (Unifae).

Keywords:

Breast cancer, Lymphedema, Prophylactic measures

Abstract

The lymphedema isa quantitative problem between theproduced lymphatic flow and the capacity oftransportation. The risk is associated with to the axillary dissection and armpit radiotherapy, age, number of
dissected lymphonodes and positive ones, level of withdrawal, obesity, extension ofsurgical technique and
infection. prophylactic measures routinely adopted on thepost operation, due to the necessity of information
from these patients. However there's no scientific affirmative, so it's questioned the efficacy of these prevention measures. Objective: It was objectified on this study to analyse the association of the lymphedema
appearance with the accomplishment ofthe prophylactic measures. Methods: There were used 50 women,
that went through the breast cancer surgery at, at least 1 (one) year. The referred patients answered a questionnaire with the purpose of knowing if the prophylactic measures generally oriented in the post operative
as not to go to the manicure, shave or wax the armpit, expose the arm to the sunlight, blood withdrawal,have shots, vaccines, or measure the blood pressure on the surgically treated arm, lift weight, use gloves to
do the dishes, do the laundry and to do yard work, not to injure yourself, or not to burn yourself, not to do
activities with heavy weight, and not to be bitten by bugs were followed. Results/Conclusion: The results
show statistically that the analyzed variables aren't related to the appearance of the lymphedema.

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2026-07-26

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de Rezende, L. F., Brandino, H. E., & Ciacо E. F. S. (2026). Association of the lymphedema appearance with the acomplishment of the prophylactic measures. Revista Brasileira De Mastologia, 18(4). Retrieved from https://mastology.org/rbm/article/view/2029

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