The hospital
This site is published by Chongqing West District Hospital, a tertiary general hospital at 301 Huafu Avenue North Section, Jiulongpo District, Chongqing. Every reference to the hospital on this site means that institution, and the treating team practises within it.
Advertising and claims
This site describes procedures and devices by class and does not name a brand, does not quote prices, dosages, wavelengths or energy levels, and does not claim that swelling will settle within a stated time or that a treatment resolves it. It describes what an assessment can and cannot show, states the limits of each measure it discusses, and names the physician responsible for the medical content.
Honesty requirements for this subject
Because swelling is the symptom patients are most often told to be patient about, this site states plainly which findings interrupt that patience: a single swollen limb with warmth and tenderness, breathlessness or chest pain with limb swelling, and swelling of the airway. It also states plainly that the timeline varies by area and by person, so that the absence of a fixed number is not read as evasiveness.
Reviewer and review cycle
Tongchun Mao, MD, Deputy Director and Head of Aesthetic Surgery, is the medical reviewer for this site. Content is reviewed at publication and on a six-month cycle, and the date of the most recent review is shown on every page.