PHYSICAL THERAPY INTERVENTION FOR TREATMENT OF LACTATIONAL BREAST ABSCESSES
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Objective: To evaluate physical therapy intervention for treatment of breast abscesses in breastfeeding women at Hanoi Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital. Methods: A prospective cross-sectional descriptive study on 102 breastfeeding women with breast abcesses and treated with physical therapy at Hanoi Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital from April 2023 to Sptember 2023. Results: The incidence of patients received physical therapy was 64.7% and the figure for shortwave therapy was 60.8%. The duration ò treatment was mainly from 4 to 7 days and the percentage of those was 84,8%. The recovery rates were 92.4%. 93.1% of patients treated with physical therapy had well-healed scar and the rate of both sided breastfeeding was 87.3%. There was a significant difference between the recovery, well-healed sacr, both sided breastfeeding rates and the duration of treatment. Conclusion: The effectiveness of treatment is not related to the type of physical therapy, but is related to the duration of treatment.
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physical therapy, breast abcesses, breastfeeding women.
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