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Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 41-43 , October 2009

Lymphedema after Greater Saphenous Vein Surgery

M.V. Heitink
- Department of Dermatology, University Medical Centre Maastricht, P. Debyelaan 25, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +31 43 3875292; fax: +31 43 3877293.
G.W.H. Schurink
- Department of Surgery, University Medical Centre Maastricht, P. Debyelaan 25, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
C.D.J.M. de Pont
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre Maastricht, P. Debyelaan 25, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
M.J.P.G. van Kroonenburgh
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre Maastricht, P. Debyelaan 25, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
J.C.J.M. Veraart
- Department of Dermatology, University Medical Centre Maastricht, P. Debyelaan 25, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands

Received 4 March 2009 ,Accepted 26 June 2009.

Lymphoscintigraphic evaluation in patients A, B and C. The asterix (*) indicates the operated leg, the arrow (↓) points to the bladder. The panel shows radioactivity in the inguinal nodes 2h after inj

Lymphoscintigraphic evaluation in patients A, B and C. The asterix (*) indicates the operated leg, the arrow (↓) points to the bladder. The panel shows radioactivity in the inguinal nodes 2h after injection. In patient A, the uptake was normal on the right side (14%) and diminished on the left (operated) side (1.7%). Patient B had diminished uptake bilaterally, left 2.5%, and right 2.0%. Patient C also had bilaterally diminished uptake, left 4.4% and right 0.3%.
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