Table 3.

Pre- and post-treatment values of the calculated volume, forearm circumference, and soft tissue measurements

	Pre-treatment (N = 27)	Post-treatment (N = 27)	p
Affected side
Total limb volume (cm3)	2964.2 ± 323.5	2661.5 ± 249.9	< 0.001*
Circumference on forearm (cm)	28.4 ± 3.1	25.8 ± 2.6	< 0.001*
Soft tissue thickness on forearm
Epidermis (mm)	0.041 ± 0.013	0.04 ± 0.009	0.496
Dermis (mm)	0.24 ± 0.05	0.18 ± 0.41	< 0.001*
Subcutaneous fat (mm)	1.44 ± 0.4	1.22 ± 0.36	< 0.001*
Unaffected side
Total limb volume (cm3)	2398.4 ± 182.6	2407.1 ± 200.7	0.11
Circumference on forearm (cm)	23.3 ± 2.3	23.5 ± 2.3	0.884
Soft tissue thickness on forearm
Epidermis (mm)	0.034 ± 0.008	0.036 ± 0.006	0.134
Dermis (mm)	0.1 ± 0.022	0.11 ± 0.023	0.449
Subcutaneous fat (mm)	1.01 ± 0.28	1.00 ± 0.3	0.586

Circumference and soft tissue measurements pertain to a site 10 cm distal to the elbow, and data are presented as mean ± standard deviation

^*Statistically significant difference between the pre- and post-treatment values