Eliminating Preoperative Lymphoscintigraphy in Extremity Melanomas

Background:. Preoperative lymphoscintigraphy (LSG) is an imaging procedure routinely used to identify the draining nodal basin in melanomas. At our institute, we have traditionally performed preoperative LSG followed by intraoperative LSG for logistical and evaluative reasons. We sought to determine...

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Main Authors: Andrew McGregor, MD, Sabrina N. Pavri, MD, Samuel Kim, MD, Xiaolu Xu, PhD, Deepak Narayan, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2018-03-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001681