[Melanoma. Results with "sentinel node" sampling].
Since June 1995 we have practised a gamma probe guided sentinel lymphadenectomy (SLNE) in 274 patients after injecting a colloidal 99 m-Tc labelled solution around the tumor. By this technique the detection and excision of the SLN succeeded in 99.3% of all cases. We found micrometastases in about 53.1% of patients with pT3 and pT4 melanomas. The specimen of the radical lymph node dissection contained in 30% further metastases. A regional recurrence after SLNE occurred only in one case, a SLN-negative patient.
Büchels
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Plastische Chirurgie, Klinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Zentralklinikum Augsburg.
Vogt
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Starz
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin
D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin