Open AccessIntraoperative Radiolymphoscintigraphy Improves Sentinel Lymph Node Identification for Patients with Melanoma
Author(s) -
John J. Albertini,
C. Wayne Cruse,
D Rapaport,
Karen Wells,
Merrick I. Ross,
Ronald C. DeConti,
Claudia G. Berman,
Karen Jared,
Jane L. Messina,
Gary H. Lyman,
Frank Glass,
Neil A. Fenske,
Douglas S. Reintgen
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199602000-00016
Subject(s) - medicine , sentinel lymph node , gamma probe , melanoma , sentinel node , lymphadenectomy , lymphatic system , population , surgery , lymph node , lymph , primary tumor , radiology , nuclear medicine , cancer , metastasis , pathology , breast cancer , environmental health , cancer research
The sentinel lymph node (SLN), the first node draining the primary tumor site, has been shown to reflect the histologic features of the remainder of the lymphatic basin in patients with melanoma. Intraoperative localization of the SLN, first proposed by Morton and colleagues, has been accomplished with the use of a vital blue dye mapping technique. Technical difficulties resulting in unsuccessful explorations have occurred in up to 20% of the dissections.