Gamma-probe-guided sentinel lymphonodectomy in malignant melanoma;Szintillationssondengesteuerte sentinel-lymphadenektomie beim malignen melanom

Chirurg

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-50

  Buchels H K ^a   Vogt, H ^b   Bachter, D ^c  

^a Klin F Allgemein V   (Germany)

^b Klinik fur Nuklearmedizin   (Germany)

^c Klin F Dermatol und Allergologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elective lymph node dissection; Gamma probe; Lymphatic mapping; Malignant melanoma; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TECHNETIUM DERIVATIVE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M TIN COLLOID; TIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SCINTISCANNING; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0030639577     PISSN: 00094722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001040050148     Document Type: Article

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