Biopsia selectiva del ganglio centinela en el melanoma mediante localización con linfogammagrafía preoperatoria y sonda de detección gamma intraoperatoria

BACKGROUND: The experience in detection of sentinel lymph node in melanoma using preoperative scintigraphy and intraoperative gamma probe is referred. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We studied 60 patients with stage I-II melanoma who underwent sentinel lymph node biopsy performed using 99m-Tc-labelled sulphur colloid as radioactive tracer. A preoperative scintigraphy was performed and intraoperative gamma probe was used to localize the sentinel node in …