Minimally invasive parathyroidectomy: How effective is preoperative sestamibi scanning?

American Surgeon

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1090-1094

  Vassy, W Matthew ^a   Nelson Jr , Henry S ^a   Mancini, Matthew L ^a   Timaran, Carlos H ^a   Hall, Nathan C ^a   Smith, Gary T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADENOMA; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI;

EID: 3242666961     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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