Localization of parathyroid adenomas by sonography and technetium Tc 99m sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography before minimally invasive parathyroidectomy are both studies really needed?

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-190

  Tublin, Mitchell E ^a   Pryma, Daniel A ^b   Yim, John H ^b   Ogilvie, Jennifer B ^b   Mountz, James M ^a   Bencherif, Badreddine ^a   Carty, Sally E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Head and neck; Parathyroid

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COSTS; HEALTH INSURANCE; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; TECHNETIUM; TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK; PARATHYROID; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES; PREOPERATIVE LOCALIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONOGRAPHIC EXAMINATIONS; SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS;

SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROID GLAND; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; REIMBURSEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PARATHYROID TUMOR; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 64349114694     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.2.183     Document Type: Article

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