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. 2010 Feb 5;72(1):64–65. doi: 10.1007/s12262-010-0013-8

Simple and effective method of heat therapy in lymphoedema

Ananta A Kulkarni 1,, Suhas V Abhyankar 1, Ganesh S Chaudhari 2, Rohit R Singh 2, Santosh H Bhatia 2
PMCID: PMC3452549  PMID: 23133208

Abstract

Heat therapy is a well known conservative management for lymphoedema. We are describing here a heat therapy apparatus which is easy to make, cheap, transportable, easily reproducible and maintenance free and found to be very effective.

Keywords: Heat therapy, Lymphoedema

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