Imaging of the lymphatic vessels for surgical planning: a systematic review

S van Heumen, JJM Riksen, WM Bramer… - Annals of Surgical …, 2023 - Springer
Background Secondary lymphedema is a common complication after surgical or
radiotherapeutic cancer treatment.(Micro) surgical intervention such as lymphovenous …

[HTML][HTML] Application of imaging in lymphedema surgical therapies

X Du, C Liu - Gland Surgery, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Lymphedema is a chronic, progressive disease caused by primary or secondary reasons. It
is currently uncurable and conservative compression therapy is generally applied …

Lymphatic mapping using US microbubbles before lymphaticovenous anastomosis surgery for lymphedema

S Jang, CU Lee, GK Hesley, JM Knudsen, NJ Brinkman… - Radiology, 2022 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Lymphaticovenous anastomosis (LVA) surgery is an effective surgical treatment
of secondary lymphedema in the extremities, but indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescent …

MR lymphography in patients with upper limb lymphedema: The GPS for feasibility and surgical planning for lympho‐venous bypass

AA Zeltzer, C Brussaard, M Koning… - Journal of Surgical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Objectives Lymphedema is caused by insufficient lymphatic drainage
leading to abnormal accumulation of interstitial fluid within soft tissues. Lympho‐venous …

Comparative analysis of preoperative high frequency color Doppler ultrasound versus MR lymphangiography versus ICG lymphography of lymphatic vessels in …

HB Kim, SS Jung, MJ Cho, N Peirera… - Journal of …, 2023 - thieme-connect.com
Background Despite the extensive use of various imaging modalities, there is limited
literature on comparing the reliability between indocyanine green (ICG) lymphography, MR …

Lymphatic vessel diameter in female pelvic cancer‐related lower extremity lymphedematous limbs

T Yamamoto, M Narushima… - Journal of Surgical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Lymphaticovenular anastomosis (LVA) has become one of the useful surgical
treatments for compression‐refractory lower extremity lymphedema (LEL). It is important to …

Ultra-High frequency ultrasound imaging of lymphatic channels correlates with their histological features: A step forward in lymphatic surgery

A Bianchi, G Visconti, A Hayashi, A Santoro… - Journal of Plastic …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Indocyanine green (ICG) lymphography gained widespread acceptance as a
gold standard in lymphatic surgery, although this imaging modality has several limitations …

Pathological steps of cancer-related lymphedema: histological changes in the collecting lymphatic vessels after lymphadenectomy

M Mihara, H Hara, Y Hayashi, M Narushima… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Introduction To date, an electron microscopy study of the collecting lymphatic vessels has
not been conducted to examine the early stages of lymphedema. However, such histological …

Exclusive use of ultrasound for locating optimal LVA sites—a descriptive data analysis

M Czedik‐Eysenberg, J Steinbacher… - Journal of surgical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background The current standard to locate lymphatic vessels for lymphovenous
anastomosis (LVA) is the use of indocyanine green (ICG)‐lymphangiography. Due to fluid …

Preoperative planning of lymphaticovenous anastomosis: The use of magnetic resonance lymphangiography as a complement to indocyanine green lymphography

G Pons, JA Clavero, X Alomar… - Journal of Plastic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Lymphaticovenous anastomosis (LVA) is a surgical treatment for lymphedema
that requires identification and mapping of functional lymphatic channels. This technique …