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Foreword
Preface
Contributors
1 Microanatomy and Physiology of the Lymphatic System 1
2 The History of Lymphatic Mapping 23
3 Cutaneous Lymphoscintigraphy 43
4 Operative Technique for Sentinel Lymphadenectomy: Blue Dye Identification and Use of a Gamma Probe 71
5 Comparison of the Physical Characteristics of Different Gamma Detection Devices 87
6 Results of Lymphatic Mapping in Melanoma 101
7 Surgical Pathology of Dye-Directed Selective Lymph Node Dissection 125
8 Molecular Staging of Malignant Melanoma 141
9 Breast Lymphoscintigraphy 157
10 Lymphatic Mapping in Breast Cancer 167
11 Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Lymphadenectomy in Carcinoma of the Vulva 185
12 Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Lymphadenectomy in Carcinoma of the Penis 203
13 Radiation Protection in the Sentinel Node Procedure 213
14 Implementation of Lymphatic Mapping in a Community Hospital 225
15 Minimally Invasive Radioguided Parathyroidectomy 235
16 Radioimmunoguided Surgery 245
17 Radioguided Open Bone Biopsy 267
18 Instructive Cases 283
19 The Future of Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Lymphadenectomy 359
Index 371