
A Brief Overview on Postmastectomy Lymphedema
Mastectomy accompanying axillary lymph node thorough analysis is the surgical procedure of choice necessary for feelings cancer situation, and women are susceptible to evolving upper limb edema, popular as lymphedema. It is considered a potential complication accompanying severe consequences on the quality of life of mothers, affecting one in four mastectomies in wives, and causing functional decay, psychological distress, and interferences in their quality of history. It is needed for fear that the development of lymphedema in women subsequently mastectomy by breast cancer.
Author(s) Details:
Jessica Paola Plascencia-Roldán,
Department of Research and Technological Development, Directorate of Teaching and Research, Institute of Public Health from Guanajuato State, Guanajuato, México.
Guadalupe Irazú Morales-Reyes,
Department of Research and Technological Development, Directorate of Teaching and Research, Institute of Public Health from Guanajuato State, Guanajuato, México.
Gilberto Flores-Vargas,
Department of Research and Technological Development, Directorate of Teaching and Research, Institute of Public Health from Guanajuato State, Guanajuato, México.
María de Jesús Gallardo-Luna,
Department of Research and Technological Development, Directorate of Teaching and Research, Institute of Public Health from Guanajuato State, Guanajuato, México.
Efraín Navarro-Olivos,
Directorate of Teaching and Research, Institute of Public Health from Guanajuato State, Guanajuato, México.
Nicolás Padilla-Raygoza,
Department of Research and Technological Development, Directorate of Teaching and Research, Institute of Public Health from Guanajuato State, Guanajuato, México.
Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/CODHR-V11/article/view/9291
Keywords: Breast cancer, lymphedema, post- mastectomy, complication