Year: 2000
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: SINCE its initial report in the literature in 1993, sentinel lymph node biopsy has become a common technique for determining stage for patients with breast cancer. 1 The surgery involves the injection of the ipsilateral breast with isosulfan dye or radioactive technetium sulfur colloid to locate the node or nodes for biopsy. We report two cases of factious desaturation during this type of operation that probably occurred because of interference with pulse oximetry by isosulfan dye absorption.
Source: Anesthesiology
Authors: Roland R. Rizzi, Kurien Thomas, Samuel Pilnik
Institution: Lenox Hill Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2136403061