Evaluation of (111) indium-labeled autologous leukocyte scintigraphy for the diagnosis of chronic osteomyelitis in patients with grade IV pressure ulcers, as compared with a standard diagnostic protocol

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 633-636

  Melkun, Edward T ^a   Lewis Jr , Victor L ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Indium scan; Osteomyolitis; Pressure sore

Indexed keywords

INDIUM 111;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRESSURE ULCER; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 19444379367     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000164467.97551.ed     Document Type: Review

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