Inguinal sentinel lymph node biopsy with only blue dye in lower extremity malignant melanoma

Background: Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy has become the standard of care in malignant melanoma, it is commonly identified by intradermal injection of both radiocolloid tracer and Patent Blue Dye (PBD) around the tumor. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of PBD in identifying inguinal SLN a...

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Main Author: Omranipour R
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2008-06-01
Series:Tehran University Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/8406.pdf&manuscript_id=8406