title: [Radio-guided parathyroidectomy].
abstract: The Authors, after a careful review of literature about the instrumental diagnostic techniques (with particular attention to the nuclear-medical ones) and the surgical therapy of parathyroid diseases, report their experience on the use of the radio-guided mininvasive surgery with MIBI and gamma-probe for intraoperative localization of pathological glands. Once exposed their experience, the Authors conclude asserting that this technique is fast, slightly invasive and expensive, and certainly useful for the detection of pathological or ectopic glands. It can be widely employed because, in comparison to its numerous advantages, such as the reduction of the operating time and of the hospital-stay, the greater radicality and the possibility to use mininvasive techniques, it does not present significant technical limitations and/or radio-protectionistic problems.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Messina, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Calbo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gorgone
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Palmieri
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lazzara
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sciglitano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Catalfamo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Calbo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Campennì
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruggeri
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vermiglio
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baldari
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002828:Choristoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D016105:Parathyroidectomy / Q000379:methods*; D015642:Radiology, Interventional / Q000379:methods*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi / Q000493:pharmacokinetics
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi