Posttraumatic edema of the lower extremities: Evaluation of the lymphatic vessels with magnetic resonance lymphangiography

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 417-423

  Lohrmann, Christian ^a   Pache, Gregor ^a   Felmerer, Gunter ^a   Foeldi, Etelka ^b   Schaefer, Oliver ^a   Langer, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Foeldi Clinic for Lymphology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; GADOTERIDOL; MEPIVACAINHYDROCHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LEG EDEMA; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA FRACTURE; TISSUE INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LOWER EXTREMITY; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 59849085156     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.08.069     Document Type: Article

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