Intraoperative imaging guidance for sentinel node biopsy in melanoma using a mobile gamma camera

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 253, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 774-778

  Dengel, Lynn T ^a   More, Mitali J ^b   Judy, Patricia G ^b   Petroni, Gina R ^b   Smolkin, Mark E ^b   Rehm, Patrice K ^b   Majewski, Stan ^c   Williams, Mark B ^b   Slingluff Jr , Craig L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; EXCISION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FIXED GAMMA CAMERA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; MOBILE GAMMA CAMERA; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PILOT STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953217007     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181f9b709     Document Type: Article

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