Background: Manual lymph drainage (MLD) is one of the common treatments for breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL). Although the primary goal of MLD is to drain the excessive fluid accumulated in the affected upper limb and trunk to an area of the body that drains usually, the use of MLD is decided based on swelling and subjective symptoms, without assessing whether there is fluid accumulated in the affected region. The purpose of this study was to examine truncal fluid distribution in a sample of BCRL patients and investigate any correlation between such fluid distribution and swelling or subjective symptoms.

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淋巴水肿患者体液分布与躯干肿胀或主观症状的相关性：一项初步观察性研究

背景：手动淋巴引流（MLD）是乳腺癌相关淋巴水肿（BCRL）的常见治疗方法之一。虽然 MLD 的主要目标是将积聚在受影响的上肢和躯干中的过多积液引流到通常引流的身体部位，但 MLD 的使用是根据肿胀和主观症状决定的，而不评估是否有积液在受影响的地区。本研究的目的是检查 BCRL 患者样本中的躯干液分布，并调查这种液体分布与肿胀或主观症状之间的任何相关性。