What is the role of bone scintigraphy in the diagnosis of infected joint prostheses?

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 527-532

  Segura, Ana Benítez ^a   Muñoz, Antonio ^a   Brulles, Yvonne Ricart ^a   Hernandez Hermoso, José Antonio ^a   Díaz, Maria Carmen ^a   Bajen Lazaro, Maria Teresa ^a   Martín Comín, Josep ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Infection; Joint prostheses; Radionuclide imaging

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEITIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 2342637692     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200405000-00016     Document Type: Article

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