title: Intraoperative needle localization during neck reexploration.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Recurrent cervical adenopathy can be difficult to identify intraoperatively during a neck reexploration. Although local preoperative imaging techniques are available, these are not useful in the operative theater.
  
  
  METHODS
  We introduce an intraoperative technique of ultrasound-guided needle localization to identify and guide the resection of suspicious cervical lymphadenopathy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This intraoperative approach to localizing the suspicious lymph node under ultrasound-guided needle localization makes surgical extirpation of lymph node metastasis easy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 E. Adams St., Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: DaSilva
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Izquierdo
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cico
authors.forename: Kara
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kort
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Numann
mesh_terms: D018276:Carcinoma, Medullary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*