Indocyanine Green (ICG) lymphography is superior to lymphoscintigraphy for diagnostic imaging of early lymphedema of the upper limbs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Mihara, Makoto ^a   Hara, Hisako ^a   Araki, Jun ^a   Kikuchi, Kazuki ^a   Narushima, Mitsunaga ^a   Yamamoto, Takumi ^a   Iida, Takuya ^a   Yoshimatsu, Hidehiko ^a   Murai, Noriyuki ^b   Mitsui, Kito ^b   Okitsu, Taro ^c   Koshima, Isao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Department of Vascular Surgery   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOGRAPHY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; LYMPHOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOGRAPHY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84861851208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038182     Document Type: Article

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