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In an observational study of 293 patients receiving a modified Complete Decongestive Therapy protocol (Godoy Method) in the immediate postoperative period after lipedema liposuction, the number of physiotherapy sessions was associated with significant pain reduction (mean VAS ≈7.04 pre-therapy to ≈3.98 immediately and ≈2.34 at 90 days, p=0.000), improved mobility (p=0.003), and fewer complications (p=0.007).
Created: 2026-05-31 · Last updated: 2026-05-31
Auto-compiled by the Layer 1 surveillance loop; not yet human-reviewed. anthropic/claude-opus-4.8 · 2026-05-31
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- DOI:10.3390/jcm14072137 — refines · case series · 2025
The article reports CDT (with MLD and compression) reducing pain and improving mobility, but in the POSTOPERATIVE (post-liposuction) setting rather than as standalone conservative treatment of lipedema; observational, no control group, so i
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- 2026-05-31 — created · auto-ingested for SQ-LIP-000021