Atuação do fisioterapeuta no tratamento de mulheres na pós Mastectomia total

Abstract

Breast cancer presents as a serious public health problem worldwide and in Brazil is the most frequent malignancy in the female population, many women diagnosed with breast cancer are undergoing mastectomy , surgical technique that removes part or all of the breast, the surgical Independent, radical or conservative approac , physical and motor complications can arise immediately or later surgery. Requiring multidisciplinary care. Emphasizing physical therapy, when initiated early, plays an important role in the search for prevention of complications resulting from treatment of breast cancer. With the overall goal of considering the effects of the techniques used by professional physiotherapy in the treatment of post mastectomy women this work shows that techniques and exercises used in treatments, work in the prevention of postoperative complications, aiming that patients should be encouraged to become interested in the recovery itself.