Publications by authors named "Irina Eder"
Background: Treatment of nail lichen planus (LP) is difficult and an optimal therapy is lacking.
Objective: To report additional cases to the scant existing literature to learn more about therapeutic options for nail LP.
Methods: A regimen of 30 mg alitretinoin daily in 2 cases of nail LP over a period of 9 and 8 months, respectively.
Purpose: As breast cancer survivors are benefiting increasingly from advanced forms of therapy, the side effects of locoregional treatment in the adjuvant setting are becoming more and more important. This article presents a new method of assessing the spatial distribution of paresthesia in breast cancer survivors after different locoregional treatments.
Methods: A structured questionnaire assessing paresthesia, with body pictograms for marking paresthesia areas, was completed by 343 breast cancer survivors.
The aim of this survey was to evaluate correlates for the patient's desire for surgical improvement of the cosmetic outcome after the primary operation for breast cancer. A cross-sectional study was carried out in a single follow-up outpatient clinic using a questionnaire. Patients were asked to assess their degree of satisfaction with the cosmetic results of their primary surgery and to state if they would like to undergo a further breast surgery to improve the appearance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Assessment and adequate treatment of lymphedema is required by the European Society of Mastology. The purpose of our study was the evaluation of self-reported incidences of lymphedema in breast cancer survivors and the effect of providing the patients with information about lymphedema on the extent to which lymph-drainage massage services and compression garments were used.
Methods: A total of 742 breast cancer survivors were analysed in this questionnaire-based survey.