Quality of Life in Lymphedema Patients Treated by Microsurgical Lymphatic Vessel Transplantation—A Long-Term Follow-Up
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
Assessment Instrument
3. Results
3.1. Physiological Conditions
3.2. Psychological Conditions
3.3. Burden of Therapy
4. Discussion
Summary of Results and Interpretation
5. Conclusions and Implications for Further Research
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Patients Who Completed the Questionnaire | Patients Who Did Not Complete the Questionnaire | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Male | 7 | 29 | 36 |
Female | 28 | 125 | 153 |
Total | 35 | 154 | 189 |
p-value | p = 0.87 |
Patients Who Completed the Questionnaire | Patients Who Did Not Complete the Questionnaire | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Primary lymphoedema | 6 | 23 | 29 |
Secondary lymphoedema | 29 | 131 | 160 |
Mammary carcinoma | 19 | 61 | 80 |
Cervical carcinoma | 6 | 32 | 38 |
Ovarian carcinoma | 1 | 13 | 14 |
Malignant melanoma | 1 | 6 | 7 |
M. Hodgkin | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Other malignant tumors | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Idiomatic genesis | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Traumatic genesis | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Total | 35 | 154 | 189 |
p-value | p = 0.651 |
Gender | Primary Diagnosis | Age at Time of Death | Age at Time of Diagnosis | Survival Since Diagnosis | Age at Time of Surgery | Survival Since Surgery |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
f | Ovarian carcinoma | 56 | 45 | 11 | 47 | 9 |
m | Traumatic genesis | 51 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 25 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 56 | 41 | 15 | 44 | 12 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 73 | 53 | 20 | 55 | 18 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 63 | 49 | 14 | 53 | 10 |
f | Ovarian carcinoma | 64 | 43 | 21 | 47 | 17 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 58 | 38 | 20 | 42 | 16 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 65 | 46 | 19 | 49 | 16 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 62 | 43 | 19 | 47 | 15 |
f | Cervical carcinoma | 58 | 44 | 14 | 47 | 11 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 75 | 51 | 24 | 55 | 20 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 52 | 39 | 13 | 43 | 9 |
f | Cervical carcinoma | 51 | 35 | 16 | 39 | 12 |
f | Endometrial carcinoma | 62 | 41 | 21 | 47 | 15 |
f | Cervical carcinoma | 58 | 37 | 21 | 47 | 11 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 77 | 47 | 30 | 49 | 28 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 73 | 46 | 27 | 49 | 24 |
m | Primary lymphoedema | 59 | 22 | 37 | 36 | 23 |
m | Ewing`s sarcoma | 48 | 24 | 24 | 37 | 11 |
f | Primary lymphoedema | 53 | 19 | 34 | 34 | 19 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 69 | 57 | 12 | 62 | 7 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 72 | 48 | 24 | 52 | 20 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 71 | 51 | 20 | 53 | 18 |
m | Malignant melanoma | 82 | 76 | 6 | 77 | 5 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 78 | 69 | 9 | 74 | 4 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 69 | 39 | 30 | 53 | 16 |
f | Ovarian carcinoma | 77 | 71 | 6 | 73 | 4 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 79 | 55 | 24 | 60 | 19 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 93 | 65 | 28 | 72 | 21 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 67 | 53 | 14 | 58 | 9 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 86 | 63 | 23 | 75 | 11 |
f | Malignant melanoma | 79 | 51 | 28 | 54 | 25 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 76 | 61 | 15 | 64 | 12 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 71 | 47 | 24 | 51 | 20 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 75 | 63 | 12 | 69 | 6 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 65 | 49 | 16 | 52 | 13 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 83 | 64 | 19 | 73 | 10 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 68 | 47 | 21 | 50 | 18 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 77 | 60 | 17 | 65 | 12 |
m | Primary lymphoedema | 78 | 21 | 57 | 36 | 42 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 80 | 62 | 18 | 71 | 9 |
f | Idiomatic genesis | 84 | 35 | 49 | 52 | 32 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 89 | 53 | 36 | 56 | 33 |
f | Mammary carcinoma | 71 | 56 | 15 | 58 | 13 |
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Hock, L.A.; Nürnberger, T.; Koban, K.C.; Wiggenhauser, P.S.; Giunta, R.; Demmer, W. Quality of Life in Lymphedema Patients Treated by Microsurgical Lymphatic Vessel Transplantation—A Long-Term Follow-Up. Life 2024, 14, 957. https://doi.org/10.3390/life14080957
Hock LA, Nürnberger T, Koban KC, Wiggenhauser PS, Giunta R, Demmer W. Quality of Life in Lymphedema Patients Treated by Microsurgical Lymphatic Vessel Transplantation—A Long-Term Follow-Up. Life. 2024; 14(8):957. https://doi.org/10.3390/life14080957
Chicago/Turabian StyleHock, Louisa Antonie, Tim Nürnberger, Konstantin Christoph Koban, Paul Severin Wiggenhauser, Riccardo Giunta, and Wolfram Demmer. 2024. "Quality of Life in Lymphedema Patients Treated by Microsurgical Lymphatic Vessel Transplantation—A Long-Term Follow-Up" Life 14, no. 8: 957. https://doi.org/10.3390/life14080957