Evaluating all patients swelling was significantly lower in the KT treatment group ( T2 : 63.5 cm 4.3 ; T3 : 62.5 cm 4.2 ; T4 : 61.6 cm 4.2 ) than in the no-KT group ( T2 : 67.6 cm 5.0 ; T3 : 67.0 cm 5.0 ; T4 : 64.8 cm 4.8 ) at T2 ( p < 0.001 ) , T3 ( p < 0.001 ) , and T4 ( p = 0.001 ) .