The application of the methods of physical therapy for the rehabilitation of the patients presenting with breast cancer and post-mastectomy oedema (Part II)

This article contains information concerning the complications that most frequently develop in the patients undergoing the surgical intervention for the treatment of breast cancer and the data on the possibility and desirability of the application of physical therapeutic methods for the rehabilitation of such patients belonging to the clinical group III. The methods for the performance of low-frequency low-intensity magnetic therapy, balneotherapy, therapeutic physical exercises, and massage are described for the purpose of elimination of postmastectomy lymphatic and lymphovenous oedema of the upper extremity on the affected side. The indications and contraindications for the prescription of therapeutic physical factors are discussed. The data on the major medications most frequently used for the rehabilitation of the patients with the help of the physiotherapeutic apparatuses are presented.

breast cancer, complications of radical mastectomy, post-mastectomy oedema, rehabilitation, physiotherapy, balneotherapy, therapeutic physical exercises, massage