Monday, August 10, 2020 - Episode 031

Today we discuss a research by Daniel Gould and colleagues at USC that sought to characterize the lymphatic flow in a lipedema population.
They studied 19 lipedema patients who are being evaluated for surgical intervention who underwent lymphoscintigraphy of the legs.
They found that 63.2% of the participants had pathologic lymphatic transport. And that there was a significant correlation between the severity of lipedema and worsen lymphatic transport.
This suggests the possible relationship between the severity of lipedema and the impairment of the lymphatic system.
The authors suggest that women with lipedema should be screened for lymphatic impairment that leads to edema to see if they would benefit from a lymphatic surgery.
This study agrees with several others that have been formed in recent years, that edema is a common characteristic of lipedema.

Monday, August 10, 2020 – Episode 031