The accuracy of diagnostic imaging for the assessment of chronic osteomyelitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2464-2471

  Termaat, M F ^a   Raijmakers, P G H M ^a   Scholten, H J ^a   Barker, F C ^a   Patka, P ^a   Haarman, H J T M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM;

BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 27544449091     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.D.02691     Document Type: Review

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