Injury to the upper extremity caused by extravasation of contrast medium: A true emergency

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-32

  Fallscheer, Philipp ^a,b   Kammer, Erich ^a   Roeren, Thomas ^b   Meuli Simmen, Claudia ^a  

^a Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery   (Switzerland)

^b Central Park Building ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Contrast agent; Extravasation; Surgery; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IOHEXOL; IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FEMALE; FOREARM INJURIES; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847045575     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: 16512073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310601088221     Document Type: Article

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