First Experiences with Navigated Radio-Guided Surgery Using Freehand SPECT

Background: 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, howe...

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Main Authors: A. Rieger, J. Saeckl, B. Belloni, R. Hein, A. Okur, K. Scheidhauer, T. Wendler, J. Traub, H. Friess, M.E. Martignoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2011-08-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/330273