{
  "id": "SCR-LIP-000346",
  "statement": "A narrative review of 19 studies (>1,500 patients, 1996-2024) accompanying a 24-patient Latin American case series notes the largest published series was Fischer et al. (n=691) and that maintained benefits have been documented at 12-year follow-up (Baumgartner et al. 2021), while the Lima, Peru series represents the only Latin American report in a literature dominated by European series.",
  "statement_pt": "Uma revisão narrativa de 19 estudos (>1.500 pacientes, 1996-2024) que acompanha uma série de 24 casos latino-americana observa que a maior série publicada foi a de Fischer et al. (n=691) e que benefícios mantidos foram documentados em seguimento de 12 anos (Baumgartner et al. 2021), sendo a série de Lima, Peru o único relato da América Latina em uma literatura dominada por séries europeias.",
  "claim_type": "clinical_association",
  "context": {
    "population": "—",
    "condition": "lipedema",
    "exposure": "—",
    "comparator": "—",
    "outcome": "—",
    "scope": "auto-ingested from Layer 1 surveillance"
  },
  "knowledge_state": "emerging",
  "evidence_confidence": "low",
  "evidence": [
    {
      "ref": "DOI:10.21037/atm-24-165",
      "stance": "context",
      "study_design": "case_series",
      "n": null,
      "risk_of_bias": "unknown",
      "grade": "low",
      "year": 2024,
      "amato_authored": false,
      "note": "The article is primarily a case series with a narrative review tracing surgical liposuction literature from 1996-2024, including key historical series and follow-up milestones, which provides contextual information on the historical develop"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "gaps": "Auto-ingested single source; not yet human-reviewed.",
  "primary_amato_source": null,
  "curators": [],
  "provenance": {
    "auto": true,
    "engine": "anthropic/claude-opus-4.8",
    "question": "SQ-LIP-000019",
    "source": "library",
    "ingested": "2026-05-31"
  },
  "created": "2026-05-31",
  "updated": "2026-05-31",
  "history": [
    {
      "date": "2026-05-31",
      "event": "created",
      "detail": "auto-ingested for SQ-LIP-000019"
    }
  ],
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "answers_questions": [
    {
      "id": "SQ-LIP-000019",
      "role": "context",
      "question": "What are the historical milestones in the description and surgical treatment of lipedema?",
      "url": "https://scientificclaims.org/q/SQ-LIP-000019.html"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://scientificclaims.org/c/SCR-LIP-000346.html"
}