Effects of lymphatic drainage on cellulitis assessed by magnetic resonance

• Autor(a) principal: Meyer,Patrícia Froes
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Martins,Nara Mendes, Martins,Flávia Mendes, Monteiro,Rosimary Araújo, Mendonça,Karla Morganna Pereira Pinto de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132008000700036
• topic: cellulitis; lymphatic drainage; magnetic resonance

The aim of this study was to assess the use of magnetic resonance as a new method for evaluating the manual lymphatic drainage technique in treating cellulitis. Cellulitis is one of the main esthetic problems that lead women toward seeking guidance and specific treatments. There are various therapeutic approaches, owing to the multi-factorial nature of its pathogen, although the effectiveness of most of these has not been definitively proven, given that the assessment methods used are mostly subjective or do not provide enough information on subcutaneous tissue. The introduction of magnetic resonance as a means of assessing a lymphatic drainage technique in cellulitis treatment makes the evaluation more accurate, since it enables a detailed study of subcutaneous architecture.