title: The cost-effectiveness of sestamibi scanning compared to bilateral neck exploration for the treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism.
abstract: This article presents a cost-effectiveness analysis to determine whether preoperative imaging with Tc99m-sestamibi for detection and treatment of solitary adenomas associated with primary hyperparathyroidism is cost-effective compared with routine bilateral neck exploration.
authors.affiliation: Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ruda
authors.forename: Brendan C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Stack
authors.forename: Christopher S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Hollenbeak
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000191:economics / Q000601:surgery*; D009333:Neck / Q000601:surgery; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D016105:Parathyroidectomy; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000191:economics; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi / Q000191:economics
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi