Preoperative localization and radioguided parathyroid surgery

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1443-1458

  Mariani, Giuliano ^a   Gulec, Seza A ^b   Rubello, Domenico ^c   Boni, Giuseppe ^a   Puccini, Marco ^a   Pelizzo, Maria Rosa ^d   Manca, Gianpiero ^a   Casara, Dario ^c   Sotti, Guido ^c   Erba, Paola ^a   Volterrani, Duccio ^a   Giuliano, Armando E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

99mTc sestamibi scintigraphy; Hyperparathyroidism; Parathyroid adenomas, probe guided surgery; Parathyroid adenomas, minimally invasive surgery; Parathyroid adenomas, preoperative localization

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; TECHNETIUM 99M; TRACER; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ANATOMY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; IN VIVO STUDY; INCISION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NECK; NODULAR GOITER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROID GLAND; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; METHODOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SCINTISCANNING;

HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI;

EID: 0142243373     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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