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Intraoperative Imaging with a Portable Gamma Camera May Reduce the False-Negative Rate for Melanoma Sentinel Lymph Node Surgery.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Preoperative imaging and intraoperative gamma probe (GP) localization is standard for identifying sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) in melanoma patients. The aim of this prospective Institutional Review Board-approved study was to investigate whether an intraoperative portable gamma camera (PGC) improves SLN detection over the GP. METHODS:Lymphoscintigraphy and single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography were performed after injection of 99mTc-Tilmanocept in melanoma patients (??18 years, Breslow thickness???1.0 mm). A GP was used to localize the SLNs in each basin, which was explored by the GP to ensure that the operative field was?

SUBMITTER: Leong SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6437127 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Intraoperative Imaging with a Portable Gamma Camera May Reduce the False-Negative Rate for Melanoma Sentinel Lymph Node Surgery.

Leong Stanley P SP   Wu Max M   Lu Ying Y   Torre Donald M DM   von Bakonyi Anna A   Ospina Arianna M AM   Newsom James D JD   Luckett William S WS   Soon Christopher W CW   Kim Kevin B KB   Kashani-Sabet Mohammed M  

Annals of surgical oncology 20180813 11


<h4>Background</h4>Preoperative imaging and intraoperative gamma probe (GP) localization is standard for identifying sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) in melanoma patients. The aim of this prospective Institutional Review Board-approved study was to investigate whether an intraoperative portable gamma camera (PGC) improves SLN detection over the GP.<h4>Methods</h4>Lymphoscintigraphy and single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography were performed after injection of 99mTc-Tilmanocept i  ...[more]

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