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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE
Volume 30, Issue 1, Pages 37-43Publisher
WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X02000041
Keywords
lymphedema; deep body temperature; acupuncture and moxibustion treatments; gynecologic malignant tumor; lymph node dissection
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Although it is difficult in Western medicine to eliminate edema occurring in the lower extremities after intrapelvic lymph node dissection for malignant gynecologic tumors, we successfully treated or prevented this postoperative complication with moxibustion and acupuncture, initiated after the occurrence of lymphedema in 12 patients and as soon as possible after surgery in 12 others. An increase in deep body temperature with acupuncture or moxibustion was found to be essential for successful treatment.
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