The negative sestamibi scan: Is a minimally invasive parathyroidectomy still possible? [1]

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 378-379

  Toniato, Antonio ^a   Casara, Dario ^b   Pelizzo, Mariarosa ^a  

^a Surgical Pathology   (Italy)

^b VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; LETTER; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THYROID DISEASE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADENOMA; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38049156571     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9645-8     Document Type: Letter

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