Objective To study the efficacy of internal and external treatment with traditional Chinese medicine in combination with comprehensive decongestion on middle-aged and senile breast cancer patients complicated with postoperative upper extremity lymphedema.Methods Totally 60 patients with upper limb lymphedema after breast cancer operation from June 2016 to March 2017 were randomly divided into treatment group and control group,30 cases in each group.Control group was given complete decongestion therapy.Treatment group was given traditional Chinese medicine combined with comprehensive decongestion therapy.After 2 courses of treatment,the indexes of the two groups were compared.Results The total effective rate of treatment group was slightly higher than that of control group(83.3% vs.70.0%),and there was no statistical difference between the two groups(P>0.05).The limb week diameter of treatment group was shorter than that of control groups (P0.05);两组患肢周径相比,治疗组明显好于对照组,两组比较差异有统计学意义(P<0.05);治疗后,治疗组症状评分优于对照组(3.28±2.12 vs.4.71±3.11),两组比较差异有统计学意义(P<0.05).结论 中药内服外治联合综合消肿技术治疗中老年乳腺癌术后上肢淋巴水肿患者的临床疗效确切.
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