FDG PET for Differentiation of Infection and Aseptic Loosening in Total Hip Replacements: Comparison with Conventional Radiography and Three-Phase Bone Scintigraphy

Radiology

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 333-341

  Stumpe, Katrin D M ^a   Nötzli, Hubert P ^b   Zanetti, Marco ^b   Kamel, Ehab M ^a   Hany, Thomas F ^a   Görres, Gerhard W ^a   Von Schulthess, Gustav K ^a   Hodler, Juerg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hip, infection; Hip, prostheses; Hip, radiography; Hip, radionuclide studies; Positron emission tomography (PET), comparative studies

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC NECROSIS; ASPIRATION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE PHASE BONE SCINTIGRAPHY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 2142762421     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2312021596     Document Type: Article

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