Potential role of a new hand-held miniature gamma camera in performing minimally invasive parathyroidectomy

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-169

  Ortega, Joaquin ^a,b   Ferrer Rebolleda, Jose ^b   Cassinello, Norberto ^b   Lledo, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intraoperative procedures; Miniature gamma camera; Minimally invasive surgical procedures; Parathyroid adenoma; Primary hyperparathyroidism

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SCINTILLATION PROBE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADENOMA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; MINIATURIZATION; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846411875     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-006-0239-7     Document Type: Article

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