Filtered Versus Unfiltered Technetium Sulfur Colloid in Lymphatic Mapping: A Significant Variable in a Pig Model
Tafra L, Chua A, Ng P, Aycock D, Swanson M, Lannin D. Filtered Versus Unfiltered Technetium Sulfur Colloid in Lymphatic Mapping: A Significant Variable in a Pig Model. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 1999, 6: 83-87. PMID: 10030419, DOI: 10.1007/s10434-999-0083-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnfiltered groupLymphatic mappingSentinel nodesSkin sitesUnfiltered technetium sulfur colloidMore sentinel nodesSentinel node dissectionLymph node basinSentinel node biopsyFiltered groupIntraoperative lymphatic mappingTechnetium sulfur colloidSoft tissue tumorsStandard diagnostic testTc-99Node basinNode dissectionIsosulfan blueNode biopsyPreoperative lymphoscintigraphyLymph nodesSulfur colloidTissue tumorsGamma probeInjection site