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Intraoperative Near-infrared Imaging for Parathyroid Gland Identification by Auto-fluorescence: A Fe...

Intraoperative Near-infrared Imaging for Parathyroid Gland Identification by Auto-fluorescence: A Fe...

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Intraoperative Near-infrared Imaging for Parathyroid Gland Identification by Auto-fluorescence: A Feasibility Study

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Full title

Intraoperative Near-infrared Imaging for Parathyroid Gland Identification by Auto-fluorescence: A Feasibility Study

Publisher

Cham: Springer International Publishing

Journal title

World journal of surgery, 2016-09, Vol.40 (9), p.2131-2138

Language

English

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Publisher

Cham: Springer International Publishing

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Contents

Background
Parathyroid glands (PGs) can be particularly hard to distinguish from surrounding tissue and thus can be damaged or removed during thyroidectomy. Postoperative hypoparathyroidism is the most common complication after thyroidectomy. Very recently, it has been found that the parathyroid tissue shows near-infrared (NIR) auto-fluorescence...

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Full title

Intraoperative Near-infrared Imaging for Parathyroid Gland Identification by Auto-fluorescence: A Feasibility Study

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1815695440

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1815695440

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ISSN

0364-2313,1432-2323

E-ISSN

1432-2323

DOI

10.1007/s00268-016-3571-5

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