Rehabilitation of patients after surgical treatment of tumours can take a long time, which is necessary for restoring impaired bodily functions to a level that allows the patient to lead an active life and return to a working state.
Our clinic's specialists use modern equipment and the latest techniques for the rehabilitation of patients who have undergone surgery, ensuring rapid recovery. These techniques include effective physiotherapy programs and the involvement of specialists from various fields of medicine.
Rehabilitation After Tumour Removal Surgery in Israel – Main Approaches
Depending on the type and size of the removed tumour, its location, and the extent of the surgical intervention, rehabilitation activities may vary.
In the early stages of postoperative rehabilitation, doctors face two main tasks – successful healing of tissues in the operated area and alleviation of pain syndrome. For several days, fluid is discharged from the wound, which is drained externally using drainage tubes. Once the fluid stops being discharged, the drainage is removed. To alleviate pain syndrome, analgesic medications are prescribed to the patient.
In the subsequent stages of rehabilitation, physiotherapy is conducted. The physiotherapist teaches the patient exercises aimed at restoring freedom of movement and coordination. The exercise program is tailored individually for each patient. Initially, the patient performs them together with the physiotherapist, and then – independently.
- Strength training and therapeutic exercise. The patient can perform exercises with dumbbells and other sports equipment, and use specialized exercise machines.
- Improving limb mobility – exercises aimed at gradually increasing freedom of movement in the limbs, reducing pain sensations and swelling.
- Exercises aimed at restoring coordination. The patient learns to control their body balance, practicing standing, sitting, and walking (with and without support).
In addition to the physiotherapist, other specialists may also participate in the rehabilitation process.
- The occupational therapist focuses on the functional and social rehabilitation of the patient, teaching them to care for themselves in daily life, helping to restore or acquire skills in managing a household and work activities.
- The psychologist conducts sessions with patients who are experiencing depression, concerned about their mental state, helping them cope with psychological issues and develop a positive mindset.
- The massage therapist helps restore freedom of movement in the joints and spine, improves blood supply and muscle elasticity, normalizes their tone, and boosts the overall immunity of the body.
- The reflexologist affects the bioactive points on the patient's body, thereby stimulating various biological processes. Although reflexology is considered an alternative medicine method, its effectiveness has been repeatedly confirmed in clinical practice.
- The speech therapist helps restore speech skills in patients who have had brain tumours removed.
- The dietitian develops a diet optimized for the patient's condition.
The rehabilitation period after tumour removal in Israel can be significantly shortened through the use of modern hardware physiotherapy methods.
- Diadynamotherapy – the use of diadynamotherapy devices allows for the application of currents of various frequencies to alleviate pain syndrome and reduce swelling.
- Inductothermy – an electrotherapy method that has anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. During inductothermy, the recovering tissues are heated, improving blood supply.
- Laser therapy – the use of low-energy laser devices improves metabolic processes in tissues and organs, activating regeneration processes.
- Electrophoresis – the introduction of medications into the body through an electric field. Electrophoresis allows for the use of small doses of the drug, ensuring prolonged action and creating a high local concentration of the medication in the recovering tissues.
- Magnetotherapy – the application of a variable magnetic field to the entire body or specific areas. Magnetotherapy has a wide range of effects and stimulates metabolic processes, affecting the nervous, endocrine, and lymphatic systems.
- UHF therapy – the use of an electromagnetic field of ultra-high frequency, which induces a heat-generating effect in tissues, eliminates inflammatory processes, stimulates cellular proliferation, relieves smooth muscle spasms, and activates regeneration.
- Ultrasound therapy: due to the impact of ultrasound, oxidative-reduction processes in the patient's tissues are accelerated, enhancing the biosynthesis of various neurotransmitters. The ultrasound therapy devices used in our clinic provide anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic effects, improve tissue nutrition, and stimulate blood circulation.
Rehabilitation After Tumour Removal Surgery – Cost
The cost of the rehabilitation course depends on many conditions – in our clinic, the rehabilitation program is tailored individually for each patient, so its price can vary significantly. While patients with removed melanoma may require only a few days for full recovery, those who have undergone surgery for brain tumour removal may need several weeks or even months, during which they actively work with psychologists, speech therapists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and specialists from other fields.
Israeli clinics are known for their affordable prices – this applies not only to diagnostics and treatment but also to rehabilitation programs. Patients undergoing rehabilitation courses in clinics in the USA or the European Union usually incur much higher expenses – the total cost of similar restorative activities in hospitals in these countries is 30-50% higher than in Israel.
Advantages of Rehabilitation at Top Ihilov
- Thanks to the fact that Israel has long become one of the world centers where patients with benign and malignant tumours prefer to undergo treatment. Our doctors have accumulated significant experience in conducting various rehabilitation activities, which allows for high-quality rehabilitation procedures and the execution of only the most effective ones from their wide variety.
- Our clinic is equipped with all necessary facilities – from therapeutic exercise rooms to hardware physiotherapy.
- The rehabilitation period after tumour removal in Israel can be significantly shortened – this is achieved through the application of an individualized physiotherapy program aimed at achieving goals relevant to the specific patient's condition.
- At Top Ihilov clinic, there is no prepayment – all rehabilitation activities are paid for after their completion.
- Each patient at our medical center benefits from the services of an individual curator-translator.
Rehabilitation After Tumour Removal Surgery in Israel – Reviews
Oleg A., Voronezh, 43 years old
The rehabilitation course at Top Ihilov center helped me a lot. The neurosurgeons are simply amazing – they brought me back from the brink. They removed a brain tumour, but not by endoscopic method, but through open surgery. After the operation, the rehabilitation specialists fully restored me, putting a lot of effort into my recovery – I literally had to learn everything anew, especially speech was particularly challenging. But the speech therapist turned out to be a persistent woman, for which I am especially grateful. I also want to thank the physiotherapist and the therapeutic exercise specialist. And in general, the doctors at the clinic are unique – they really inspire optimism and set a positive mood.
Ksenia Z., Kolomna, 25 years old
I express my heartfelt gratitude to the clinic's doctors for their selfless work. They got me back on my feet in 4 weeks. People who have had spinal tumours removed will understand my excitement about this. Initially, I had massage sessions, then therapeutic exercise began, and I performed special exercises for my back. The variety of different physiotherapy devices used in this clinic is enviable – there’s everything: ultrasound, laser, various electrical and magnetic devices. Partly, it is thanks to the modern equipment that I recovered so quickly. I have been living a normal life for six months now, working. I even go to the gym. All of this is the merit of the doctors from Top Ihilov.