Thermotherapy

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Indications 3 Complications 4 More General Terms 5 References

Introduction

• The use of heat to treat a disease or disorder.

• Application of heat may be used to:

• promote circulation in peripheral vascular disease or to relax tense muscles - the enhance local metabolism may offer pain relief
• apply a sufficient amount of heat to induce necrosis of a precisely defined area of tissue

Indications

• (applications of thermotherapy)
• joint stiffness or muscle stiffness

• to improve range of motion

• subacute or chronic phases of inflammatory disorders
• microwave thermotherapy for benign prostatic hypertrophy

• TransUrethral Microwave Therapy ( TUMT)
• TransUrethral Needle Ablation ( TUNA)

• breast cancer, destrution of cells in the surgical margins
• choroidal neovascularization

Complications

• worsening of acute inflammation
• thermal injury

More General Terms

• clinical procedure

References

1. The Therapeutic Application of Heat - Thermotherapy [1]
2. eMedicine - Transurethral Microwave Thermotherapy of the Prostate [2]
3. FDA Public Health Notification: Serious Injuries from Microwave Thermotherapy for Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy Oct 11, 2000 [3]

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