Imaging for primary hyperparathyroidism-an evidence-based analysis

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 394, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 765-784

  Mihai, Radu ^a   Simon, Dietmar ^b   Hellman, Per ^c  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Bethesda Hospital   (Germany)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Evidence based analysis; Intraoperative PTH; Minimal invasive parathyroidectomy; Positron emission tomography; Primary hyperparathyroidism; Sestamibi scintigraphy; Ultrasound; Venous sampling

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MEASUREMENT; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NECK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; ULTRASOUND;

ADENOMA; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, PRIMARY; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SESTAMIBI;

EID: 68549136496     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-009-0534-4     Document Type: Article

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