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Sentinel Node Localisation Using Pre-Operative Lymphoscintigraphy And Intraoperative Gamma Probe In Early Oral Cavity Cancer, Mubasher Ikram, Shabbir Akhtar, Montasir Junaid, Tariq Dhari, Maseeh-Uz Zaman, Riffat Hussain, Zubair Ahmad
Sentinel Node Localisation Using Pre-Operative Lymphoscintigraphy And Intraoperative Gamma Probe In Early Oral Cavity Cancer, Mubasher Ikram, Shabbir Akhtar, Montasir Junaid, Tariq Dhari, Maseeh-Uz Zaman, Riffat Hussain, Zubair Ahmad
Zubair Ahmad
Objectives: To assess the diagnostic value of sentinel lymph node localisation using pre-operative lymphoscintigraphy and intra-operative gamma probe radio localisation in Pakistani patients suffering from early stage squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity.
Methods: The prospective case series was conducted between September 2007 and April 2010 at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. It comprised patients with T1and T2 oral cavity cancer with clinically and radiologically negative neck. Pre-operative lymphoscintigraphy was performed one day before surgery and intra-operative gamma probe was used to detect sentinel node. Final histo-pathological evaluation was taken as the gold standard.
Results: The study comprised …