Association Between Bioimpedance Spectroscopy and Magnetic Resonance Lymphangiography in the Diagnosis and Assessment of Lymphedema.
Kaamya VaragurAnup S ShettyKarim SaoudEsther OchoaRachel SkladmanGary B SkolnickJustin Michael SacksJoani M ChristensenPublished in: Journal of reconstructive microsurgery (2023)
L-Dex scores have high sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive value for the identification of MRL-detected lymphedema. L-Dex has difficulty distinguishing between adjacent severity levels of lymphedema and a high false negative rate, explained in part by reduced discrimination between levels of fat accumulation.