Limitation of indocyanine green fluorescence in identifying sentinel lymph node prior to skin incision in cutaneous melanoma

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 198-203

  Namikawa, Kenjiro ^a   Tsutsumida, Arata ^a   Tanaka, Ryota ^a   Kato, Junji ^a   Yamazaki, Naoya ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axilla; Body mass index; Indocyanine green fluorescence; Melanoma; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84894572423     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: 14377772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-013-0524-y     Document Type: Article

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