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September 24, 2025Indian Journal of Plastic SurgeryOpen Access

Identifying Somatic Lymph Nodes for VLNT Using Technetium-99m Sulfur Colloid

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SVSrikanth VasudevanManipal HospitalAYAnantheswar N. YelambalaseACAshok Basur ChandrappaASTER

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Implication

Pilot study shows Technetium-99m improves lymph node identification in chronic lymphedema surgeries, indicating enhanced surgical precision.

Key Points

  • VLNT effectively drains excessive lymphatic fluid in patients with chronic lymphedema.
  • All eight cases in the pilot study identified lymph nodes using Technetium-99m, improving surgical outcomes.
  • Employing Technetium-99m with other dyes increases reliability in identifying lymph nodes during VLNT.
  • The study suggests that this method is comparable to existing techniques like indocyanine green in localization.

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Vasudevan et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d6d82e8b2b6861e4c3e0b2https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0045-1811168
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