Gamma probe detection

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Gamma probe detection

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This technique is used in oncology for the detection of the sentinel node as part of the surgical treatment of breast neoplasms, melanoma and other solid malignant tumors. In orthopedics for the identification and intraoperative verification of the completeness of the excision of an osteoid osteoma hyperfixing on bone scintigraphy. And in ENT for the detection of functional parathyroid adenomas actively capturing Sestamibi on parathyroid scintigraphy and the detection of foci binding iodine131, suggesting a lymph node metastatic origin, as part of the treatment of differentiated thyroid carcinoma.