T/SRMA 33-2023 Breast cancer postoperative lymph edema manual lymphatic drainage guideline

Scope

Scope: This document provides guidance and recommendations on risk assessment, treatment room setup, and safety of treatment procedures involved in manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) techniques. This document is applicable to rehabilitation physicians, therapists, and nurses in medical institutions who have received training in MLD techniques for the manual treatment of lymphedema. Main technical content: This guideline is used to guide and standardize the application of MLD techniques by physicians, therapists, and nurses in medical institutions to patients with lymphedema after breast cancer surgery. Based on the problems of lymphedema and low immunity in such patients, MLD techniques are applied in a standardized manner to improve local edema, assist in detoxification and sleep, increase limb mobility, alleviate pain, relieve psychological stress, optimize the endocrine system, enhance the body's lymphatic immune capacity, and improve the patients' quality of life. At the same time, it aims to avoid treatment risks.

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