Progress of Clinical Research on Treatment of Lower Limb Lymphedema after Cervical Cancer Surgery

Abstract

Cervical cancer is one of the most common gynecological malignant tumors, the early stage often without obvious symptoms and signs, with the development of lesions, clinical will appear to vaginal bleeding and vaginal drainage of the main symptoms, and according to the cancer focus of the scope of frequent urination urgent, constipation, lower limb swelling pain and a series of secondary symptoms. Not only that, according to the survey research shows that China's cervical cancer mortality accounted for the fourth of the total cancer mortality, accounting for the second female cancer, and the average age of cervical cancer patients in China to 40~50 years old. Surgical treatment, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy are important methods for the treatment of cervical cancer. Complications may also occur during treatment, such as urinary tract infections, urinary retention, deep vein thrombosis and lymphedema of the lower extremities. Among them, lower extremity lymphedema is the most common and tricky, according to a foreign study found that the incidence of lower extremity lymphedema in patients with cervical cancer is as high as 47%, the main clinical manifestations of swelling, heavy, stinging, numbness, coarsedness and hardening, serious joint dysfunction, difficulty in activity, and even more, can cause erysipelas and cellulitis. Because it is incurable for a long time, the quality of life of patients is seriously reduced. In recent years, for the treatment of lower limb lymphedema after cervical cancer surgery, there are no safe and effective drugs in modern clinical medicine. Despite various treatment methods, its efficacy is still controversial. Therefore, most patients with lymphedema cannot receive effective treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the disease is mainly characterized by "mixed good and evil, deficiency and deficiency", so the treatment advocates the principle of "attack and tonification, specimen treatment", and its treatment methods are diverse and effective. This article discusses the treatment methods of lower limb lymphedema after cervical cancer surgery, and concludes that the combined treatment of traditional Chinese and Western medicine is effective.