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Title:

First Experiences with Navigated Radio-Guided Surgery Using Freehand SPECT.

Document type:
Journal Article
Author(s):
Rieger, A; Saeckl, J; Belloni, B; Hein, R; Okur, A; Scheidhauer, K; Wendler, T; Traub, J; Friess, H; Martignoni, ME
Abstract:
Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in melanoma using one-dimensional gamma probes is a standard of care worldwide. Reports on the performance are claimed by most groups to successfully detect the SLNs during the surgical procedure in almost 100% of the patients. In clinical practice, however, several issues remain which are usually not addressed: the difficulty of intraoperative detection of deeply located nodes, SLN detection in obese patients or in the groin and the impossibility to make a scan...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Case Rep Oncol
Year:
2011
Journal volume:
4
Journal issue:
2
Pages contribution:
420-5
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1159/000330273
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21941492
TUM Institution:
Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik; Klinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie; Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin
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