Assessment of the interstitial fluid in the subcutaneous tissue of healthy adults using ultrasonography

Objective: Lymphoedema involves swelling, especially in the subcutaneous tissues. For lymphoedema management to be successful, it is necessary to remove the interstitial fluid. Subcutaneous echogenicity may be associated with interstitial fluid, but echogenicity is not an indicator for the evaluatio...

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Main Authors: Terumi Ueda-Iuchi, Naoki Ohno, Tosiaki Miyati, Misako Dai, Mayumi Okuwa, Toshio Nakatani, Hiromi Sanada, Junko Sugama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-11-01
Series:SAGE Open Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2050312115613351