Efficacy of ANTISTAX in treatment of postmastectomic oedema of the upper limb.

2012

[Article in Russian]

Miasnikova MO.

Source

Chair of Faculty Surgery St. Petersburg State Medical University named after Academician I.P. Pavlov, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Abstract

Analysed herein are the results of two-year treatment with Antistax of 50 female patients presenting with early stages of upper limb lymphedema (the 'preclinical' stage of 'transient' oedemas, mild-oedema stage). The control group consisted of patients who due to various circumstances received no regular treatment with agents decreasing limb oedema, including diuretics. The obtained results demonstrated undoubted efficacy of Antistax administered at early stages of postmastectomic lymphedema. Preventive administration of the agent makes it possible to delay and in the majority of cases to also prevent the development of lymphedema. 

Administration of Antistax in a combination with physiotherapeutic treatment makes it possible both in the first and second stages of the disease to preserve the cosmetic and functional state of the upper limb.

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Nail Disease in Psoriatic Arthritis: Distal Phalangeal Bone Edema Detected by Magnetic Resonance Imaging Predicts Development of Onycholysis and Hyper

Nail Disease in Psoriatic Arthritis: Distal Phalangeal Bone Edema Detected by Magnetic Resonance Imaging Predicts Development of Onycholysis and Hyperkeratosis.

Dalbeth N, Pui K, Lobo M, Doyle A, Jones PB, Taylor WJ, McQueen FM.

Source

From the Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland; Department of Rheumatology, Auckland District Health Board, Auckland; Department of Anatomy with Radiology, University of Auckland, Auckland; Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington; and Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To examine the association between magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of distal phalanx (DP) disease and the progression of nail pathology in psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

METHODS:

Clinical nail assessment and hand MRI scans were done on 34 patients with PsA. Twenty patients had repeat nail assessments after 1 year.

RESULTS:

Nails with onycholysis and hyperkeratosis at baseline were more likely to have corresponding DP bone erosion and proliferation on MRI. DP bone edema on baseline MRI was associated with development of onycholysis and hyperkeratosis in corresponding nails.

CONCLUSION:

Our data suggest that DP inflammation is central in the development of psoriatic nail disease.

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