Developing a Clinical Prototype to Guide Surgeons for Intraoperative Label-Free Identification of Parathyroid Glands in Real Time

Thomas, Giju; A. McWade, Melanie; Paras, Constantine; A. Mannoh, Emmanuel; E. Sanders, Melinda; White, Lisa; T. Broome, James; E. Phay, John; Baregamian, Naira; C. Solórzano, Carmen; Mahadevan‐Jansen, Anita

doi:10.1089/thy.2017.0716

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Developing a Clinical Prototype to Guide Surgeons for Intraoperative Label-Free Identification of Parathyroid Glands in Real Time

Published in Thyroid • Aug 7, 2018

Authors:

Giju Thomas

Melanie A. McWade

Constantine Paras

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Patients undergoing thyroidectomy may have inadvertent damage or removal of the parathyroid gland(s) due to difficulty in real-time parathyroid identification. Near-infrared autofluorescence (NIRAF) has been demonstrated as a label-free modality for intraoperative parathyroid identificat...

Subject

Medicine

Parathyroid gland

Thyroidectomy

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