Minimally invasive radio-guided parathyroidectomy in 152 consecutive patients with primary hyperparathyroidism

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 630-634

  Politz, Douglas ^a   Livingston, Charles D ^a   Victor, Brant ^a   Askew Jr , Robert ^a   Jones Jr , Lamar ^a  

^a Seton Medical Center Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, PRIMARY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 33847729930     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP.12.6.630     Document Type: Article

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