Severe lymphoedema in gynaecological cancers: Impact of pneumatic compression on quality of life.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Good survival rates from gynaecological cancers focus our attention on the quality of survivorship. Lymphoedema is a common complication that affects many aspects of quality of life (QOL). We undertook a prospective audit of QOL of patients with higher grade lymphoedema using home compression pneumatic devices. The aim of this study was to assess QOL in a mixed gynaecological cancer cohort before and after at least eight weeks of home compression treatment.

Methods

Thirteen patients with the most severely disabling lower limb lymphoedema based on routinely collected QOL scores or a history of hospital admissions with related infection were invited to participate. QOL was assessed using the EORTC QLQ-C30 Version 3.0 and a supplementary gynaecological cancer-specific

SUBMITTER: Freyne A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8683719 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature