| Title |
The feasibility of a fiber optic laser approach to relieving lymphedematous syndrome: a case report
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|---|---|
| Published in |
OncoTargets and therapy, February 2013
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| DOI | 10.2147/ott.s39420 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Beniamino Palmieri, Alessandro Di Cerbo, Valentina Rottigni, Gregorio Fistetto, Tommaso Iannitti |
| Abstract |
Here we report a case of successful fiber optic laser treatment of lymphedema in a swollen arm post mastectomy. At the moment, this procedure has only anecdotal evidence to justify its use, but in our experience is a feasible, minimally invasive day-stay procedure which has been demonstrated to be safe and effective. Further nonhomogeneous case pooling and follow-up would enable guidelines and definite surgical protocols for its use to be implemented. |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
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| Poland | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 22 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
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| Researcher | 4 | 17% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 9% |
| Other | 2 | 9% |
| Unknown | 7 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 30% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 4% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 11 | 48% |
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