Skin Layer Thickness and Shear Wave Elastography Changes Induced by Intensive Decongestive Treatment of Lower Limb Lymphedema
Merriem Zarrad, Claire Duflos, Grégory Marin, Murielle Benhamou, J.-P. Laroche, M. Dauzat, I. Quéré, S. Mestre
Abstract
IDT reduced the circumference and subcutis thickness of lower limbs with lymphedema and increased their elastic modulus, implying greater tissue stiffness probably due to fluid evacuation. Although subcutis thickness measurement proved to be reliable, technological and methodological improvements are required before ultrasonographic elastography can be used in clinical practice.
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LymphedemaMedicineDermisElastographyReproducibilityUltrasoundUltrasonographyCircumferenceNuclear medicineBiomedical engineeringAnatomySurgeryRadiologyInternal medicineChemistryBreast cancerMathematicsCancerGeometryChromatographyLymphatic System and DiseasesDiagnosis and Treatment of Venous DiseasesEffects of Vibration on Health