Operative Surgical Procedures

Study results from N. Nijhawan and colleagues in the area of operative surgical procedures published

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, September 19th, 2010

In this recently published article, scientists in Hamilton, Canada conducted a study "To describe the lymphatic drainage patterns of the human eyelids. Twenty-eight consenting patients who underwent unilateral eyelid surgery at McMaster University between March 2001 and July 2003 had their contralateral eyelids injected with 0.2 ml (0.250 mCi) of Tc 99 m sulphur colloid."

"The patients were divided into 1 of 5 injection sites of the eyelid, namely upper lateral, upper medial, medial canthus, lower medial, and lower lateral. Lymphoscintigraphy was performed between 2 and 6 hours later with a conventional planar gamma camera. Nodes in the head and neck were identified....

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Source: Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week (2010-09-19)

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