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THE ROLE OF SHORT-STRETCH BANDAGE IN THERAPY OF LYMPHEDEMA
TANJA PLANINŠEK RUČIGAJ
; Ljubljana university Hospital Center, university Department of Dermatovenereology, Ljubljana, Slovenia
DUBRAVKO HULJEV
; Cosmetic and reconstructive Surgery, university Department of Surgery, Sveti Duh university Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Compression therapy is the main therapeutic modality in the treatment of lymphedema and its complications. Compression therapy is performed with various elastic and non-elastic materials which, based on their properties, induce active or passive compression when the patient is walking as well as in rest. The choice of bandage depends on the stage of lymphedema. The pressures under the bandage depend not only on the material,
but also on the force employed for compression, number of layers and coverage of particular bandages, as well on bandage method.
Keywords
compression therapy; lymphedema; elastic materials; non-elastic materials; active compression; passive compression; short-stretch systems
Hrčak ID:
98231
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Publication date:
25.2.2013.
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