Grade 3, severe lymphedema, exhibits 30 to 39% limb circumference difference.
Grade 4, very severe lymphedema, exhibits >40% limb circumference difference.
References:
Patel KM, Lin CY, Cheng MH. A Prospective Evaluation of Lymphedema-Specific Quality-of-Life Outcomes Following Vascularized Lymph Node Transfer. Ann Surg Oncol 2015; 22:2424.
Constantinescu T, Huang JJ, Chang MH. Tracking outcomes following lymphedema treatment. In: Principles and Practice of Lymphedema Surgery, Cheng MH, Chang DW, Patel KM (Eds), Elsevier, Edinburgh 2016.
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