METHOD FOR SINGLE-STEP INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS OF POSTMASTECTOMY AREA Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A61B8/06 A61B8/08 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to oncology and can be used for the prevention and early diagnosis of postmastectomy complications. The m. pectorales major et minor changes are ultrasonically assessed from the left and right in the 2-3 intercostal spaces along the midclavicular line. The muscle thickness and a degree of atrophy are determined. Phlebohaemodynamic disorders are detected by measuring a diameter and a blood flow rate with the use of thick gel pads; in v. subclavia dexter et sinister - along the clavicle between its middle and external one-thirds; in v. basilica dexter et sinister - at the border of the superior and middle one-thirds of the shoulder along the internal surface; in v. cephalica dexter et sinister - at the border of superior and middle one-thirds of the shoulder along the external surface; in v. radialis dexter et sinister - in the inferior one-third of the forearm 1.5-2 cm above the hand along the lateral surface; in v. ulnaris dexter et sinister - in the inferior one-third of the forearm 1.5-2 cm above the hand along the medial surface. An intensity of lymphostasis of the upper extremity is assessed by measuring the thickness of subcutaneous fat within the maximum intensity of oedema and phlebohaemodynamics in the vessels involved into the oedema, and of a symmetrical region of the counterlateral arm prior to and after treatment. The derived data are used to assess the functional disorders of the postmastectomy area.

EFFECT: method enables assessing the degree of structural changes of the postmastectomy area in relation to the healthy side, which makes it possible to predict technical difficulties in surgical repairs, to determine the presence of subclinical phlebohaemodynamic disorders, specifying the level of the maximum blood flow block, and evaluating the effectiveness of corrective actions at lymphostasis.

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