The Role for Preoperative Localisation Techniques in Surgery for Hyperparathyroidism

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 192-195

  Koong, H N ^a   Choong, L H L ^a   Soo, K C ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; End stage renal failure; Parathyroid adenoma; Parathyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PARATHYROID HORMONE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID GLAND; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; RENAL OSTEODYSTROPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CALCIUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RENAL OSTEODYSTROPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032020070     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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