Noninvasive screening test for detecting early stage lymphedema using follow-up computed tomography imaging after cancer treatment and results of treatment with lymphaticovenular anastomosis.
Shinsuke AkitaFusa OgataIchiro ManabeAkira MitsuhashiRikiya NakamuraYoshihisa YamajiYoshitaka KubotaNobuyuki MitsukawaPublished in: Microsurgery (2017)
Assessment of subcutaneous fat thickness using CT is useful for screening early stage lymphedema. If the efficacy of this method is validated, patients worldwide may be assessed using the same criterion.
Keyphrases
- early stage
- computed tomography
- end stage renal disease
- positron emission tomography
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- magnetic resonance imaging
- dual energy
- image quality
- contrast enhanced
- adipose tissue
- sentinel lymph node
- prognostic factors
- squamous cell carcinoma
- patient reported outcomes
- radiation therapy
- fluorescence imaging
- replacement therapy