Disorders of the upper limb on the operated side of the breast in women surgically treated for breast cancer

Rząca Marcin, Sołowiej Krzysztof, Łukasiewicz Sergiusz, Stanisławek Andrzej, Węgorowski Paweł. Disorders of the upper limb on the operated side of the breast in women surgically treated for breast cancer. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(2):305-316. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2573520

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Received: 30.01.2019. Revised: 30.01.2019. Accepted: 20.02.2019.

Disorders of the upper limb on the operated side of the breast in women surgically treated for breast cancer

Marcin Rząca¹, Krzysztof Sołowiej², Sergiusz Łukasiewicz², Andrzej Stanisławek¹, Paweł Węgorowski¹

¹ Department of Oncology, Chair of Oncology and Environmental Health, Medical University of Lublin, Poland

² Department of Oncological Surgery, Center of Oncology of the Lublin Region St. Jana z Dukli in Lublin, Poland

Summary

Admission: Breast cancer is a cancer whose incidence is steadily increasing in the developed countries as well as in Poland. Treatment includes surgical treatment, which is the primary method of treatment, but give complications.

The goal of the work It is to present the disorders occurring limb on the operated side of the breast in women surgically treated for breast cancer

Material and methods: The study involved 151 women surgically treated for breast cancer (T_1-4 N_0-3 M₀) in the Oncology Center of the Lublin Region St. John of Dukla in Lublin in 2013-2015.

Results Disorders manifesting various symptoms arising as a consequence of surgery limb occurred in more than half of all patients (60%). Secondary lymphedema after 6 months occurred in 29 women (19.2%). The limb on the operated breast tingling was observed in 32% of patients, numbness in 24% of patients, heaviness limbs in 15% of patients, limb sensation spreading in 15% of patients, ache in 30% of patients. Discomfort limb armpit and accompanied by 21% of respondents.

Conclusions:

1. The frequency of combining elderly disorders on the side of the operated breast is high.

2. Disorders upper limb on the operated side breast are more common if done axillary lymph nodes dissection.

3. Disorders upper limb on the operated side breast occur more frequently if there is secondary lymphedema.

Keywords Breast cancer, complications, surgery, upper extremity