Case report: improving the speed and accuracy of melanoma sentinel node biopsy with 3D intra-operative imaging

Shetha Naji; Amir Tadros; Joerg Traub; Ciaran Healy

doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2011.05.011

Case report: improving the speed and accuracy of melanoma sentinel node biopsy with 3D intra-operative imaging

J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2011 Dec;64(12):1712-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2011.05.011. Epub 2011 Jun 8.

Authors

Shetha Naji¹, Amir Tadros, Joerg Traub, Ciaran Healy

Affiliation

¹ Department of Plastic Surgery, Guy's & St. Thomas' Hospital, London, UK. s.naji@doctors.org.uk

PMID: 21641895
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2011.05.011

Abstract

This case reports our first experience of using real-time intra-operative 3D imaging for sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma. The 3D imaging enabled ready identification and, excision of the sentinel node, by pinpointing its exact location.

MeSH terms

Equipment Design
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Intraoperative Period
Melanoma / pathology*
Melanoma / surgery
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy* / instrumentation
Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
Skin Neoplasms / surgery
Surgery, Computer-Assisted