The cost-effectiveness of sestamibi scanning compared to bilateral neck exploration for the treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 855-870

  Ruda, James ^a   Stack Jr , Brendan C ^b   Hollenbeak, Christopher S ^a,c  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 3242660915     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2004.02.016     Document Type: Review

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