Abstract
Detection of sentinel nodes has been performed in various kinds of malignant diseases. The aim of this study is to evaluate the results of a methodology that is based on the use of 99mTc-colloid to detect, mark and identify nodes as part of the surgical~treatment of rectal carcinoma.
The method of scintigraphy in detection of the sentinel node in total mesorectal excision is not a therapeutic, but a diagnostic method, and it demonstrated a high level of reliability. It can be used to indicate the nodes~that should be examined to detect the presence of possible micrometastases.
This method appears to help make the staging of the malignant disease more precise. In the test group of patients there were no intraoperative or postoperative complications~caused by this diagnostic method.~