title: Nuclear medicine techniques for radio-guided surgery of hyperparathyroidism.
abstract: In recent years there has been a prominent change in surgical trends from extensive approaches to minimally invasive techniques in hyperparathyroidism. In contrast to classical bilateral exploration methods, minimally invasive parathyroidectomy necessitates an adequate preoperative imaging modality, in order to focus exactly the lesion in interest. (99m)Tc-MIBI, as a highly sensitive and widely available radiopharmaceutical, provides high success rates in terms of preoperative parathyroid lesion localization. Besides preoperative imaging, minimally invasive parathyroidectomy also requires an intraoperative modality which can act as a guide to surgeon. Hand-held gamma probes are simply-operated lesion localization devices which serve as successful intraoperative guides to surgeon. (99m)Tc-MIBI based minimal invasive parathyroidectomy has replaced the traditional 4 gland exploration as the procedure of choice in many institutions with comparable cure rates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. ougur@hacettepe.edu.tr
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ugur
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Bozkurt
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rubello
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D016105:Parathyroidectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011849:Radioactive Tracers; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D011849:Radioactive Tracers; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi