Intraoperative gamma probe directed rib resection.
Radioguided surgery has slowly gained acceptance since the first gamma probe directed sentinel node lymph node biopsy in a patient with melanoma in 1993. We describe how the intraoperative gamma probe is used to localize a rib with abnormal uptake on the bone scan in a patient with rib pain.
Uppot
R N
RN
Department of Radiology, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware, USA.
Gheyi
V K
VK
Panasuk
B
B
Sagar
V V
VV
D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000601:surgery; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012272:Ribs / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery