Heating and Compression Bandage Treatment Is Effective for Chronic Lymphedema with Dermatolymphangioadenitis-A Case-Controlled Study.

@article{Li2016HeatingAC,
  title={Heating and Compression Bandage Treatment Is Effective for Chronic Lymphedema with Dermatolymphangioadenitis-A Case-Controlled Study.},
  author={Ke Li and Ningfei Liu and Ziyou Yu and Parviz Lionel Sadigh and Davide Lazzeri and Yi Xin Zhang},
  journal={Lymphatic research and biology},
  year={2016},
  volume={14 4},
  pages={
          233-239
        }
}
BACKGROUND To investigate the therapeutic effect of far infrared rays and compression bandaging in the treatment of chronic lymphedema with dermatolymphangioadenitis (DLA). METHODS Between 2005 and 2013, 106 patients with chronic lymphedema with DLA treated at the Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital were retrospectively reviewed. These patients were divided into an infrared and a bandaging group (80 patients, group 1) and bandaging only group (26 patients, group 2). Outcome measures include DLA… 
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