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Review
. 2004 Aug;37(4):855-70, x-xi.
doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2004.02.016.

The cost-effectiveness of sestamibi scanning compared to bilateral neck exploration for the treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism

James Ruda  1 , Brendan C Stack Jr, Christopher S Hollenbeak
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Review

The cost-effectiveness of sestamibi scanning compared to bilateral neck exploration for the treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism

James Ruda et al. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2004 Aug.

Abstract

This article presents a cost-effectiveness analysis to determine whether preoperative imaging with Tc99m-sestamibi for detection and treatment of solitary adenomas associated with primary hyperparathyroidism is cost-effective compared with routine bilateral neck exploration.

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