Summary of best evidence for the prevention and management of lower limb lymphedema after radical cervical hysterectomy
CHEN Guo
LI Zhan
JIANG Peiwen
HONG Yini
Abstract：Objective:To retrieve,evaluate and summarize the relevant evidence for the prevention and management of lower limb lymphedema after radical cervical cancer surgery,and to provide evidence-based evidence for clinical medical personnel.Methods:Systematically search databases,obtain literature related to lower extremity lymphedema after radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer,and the literature were screened and evaluated,the related evidences were extracted and summarized from quality standardized literature.Results:A total of 8 articles were finally included,including 2 clinical decisions,2 guidelines,1 systematic review and 3 consensuses.23 best evidences in 7 aspects including definition and staging,prevention and monitoring,evaluation,patient education,conservative treatment,surgical treatment and follow-up were extracted and summarized.Conclusion:This study summarizes the best evidence for the prevention and management of lower limb lymphedema after radical cervical cancer surgery,which can be transformed and further explored by clinical medical personnel based on clinical practice.
Keywords：radical hysterectomylower limb lymphedemasummary of evidenceevidence-based nursing
Publication Date：2023-12-15
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 4192-4197 )