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oncological rehabilitation
case report
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Abstract
Oncological rehabilitation is directed to patients with a diagnosis of cancer, which derives in a disability due to surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The case report corresponds to a male, 63-year-old patient diagnosed in 2017 with an epidermoid carcinoma of the palatine tonsils (T3N2M0). He underwent tonsillectomy one month after diagnosis. Afterwards, he received 30 sessions of radiotherapy and 2 sessions of chemotherapy in total. He was referred to the Physical Therapy service at the Santa Paula Clinic four months after surgery due to the postural alterations that it caused. He attended rehabilitation sessions once a week for a year. The approach consisted in the application of cryotherapy, manual lymphatic drainage, scar-releasing massage, trigger point release, electrotherapy, spinal stability and manual therapy techniques which greatly improved the results obtained during the initial evaluation. A timely, and at the same time continuous (at least 1 year), rehabilitation process in patients after tonsil cancer surgery could be beneficial for the management of the postural alterations caused; proving more effective the combination of physiotherapeutic techniques than their isolated use.
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