Radio-guided minimally invasive parathyroidectomy under local anesthesia

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 134-137

  Alfadda, Assim ^a   Hagr, Abdulrahman ^a   Al Qahtani, Khalid ^b   Tabah, Roger ^b,c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hyper parathyroidism; Local anesthesia; Parathyroid adenoma; Parathyroidectomy; Technetium 99 sestamibi scan

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CANADA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROID SCINTISCANNING; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, PRIMARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747074382     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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