Refinements of the radiographic cadaver injection technique for investigating minute lymphatic vessels

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-67

  Suami, Hiroo ^a   Taylor, G Ian ^a   O'Neill, Jennifer ^a   Pan, Wei Ren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LEAD OXIDE; METAL;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CANNULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJECTION; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MICROMANIPULATOR; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; CADAVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RATS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250698383     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000263321.64228.53     Document Type: Article

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