Inadvertent arterial injection using catheter-assisted sclerotherapy resulting in amputation

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 536-538

  Grommes, Jochen ^a   Franzen, Erik Lorenz ^a   Binnebösel, Marcel ^a   Toonder, Irwin M ^a   Wittens, Cees ^a   Jacobs, Michael ^a   Greiner, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; POLIDOCANOL;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ISCHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SCLEROTHERAPY; SEPTICEMIA;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; NECROSIS; SCLEROTHERAPY; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 79954490778     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2010.01814.x     Document Type: Article

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