Characteristic indocyanine green lymphography findings in lower extremity lymphedema: The generation of a novel lymphedema severity staging system using dermal backflow patterns

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1979-1986

  Yamamoto, Takumi ^a,b   Narushima, Mitsunaga ^a,b   Doi, Kentaro ^a,b   Oshima, Azusa ^a,b   Ogata, Fusa ^a,b   Mihara, Makoto ^a,b   Koshima, Isao ^a,b   Mundinger, Gerhard S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; INDOCYANINE GREEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEG; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLORING AGENTS; DERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; LOWER EXTREMITY; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955659154     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31820cf5df     Document Type: Article

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