The value of FDG-PET in patients with painful total knee arthroplasty

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1218-1225

  Stumpe, Katrin D M ^a   Romero, Jose ^b,c   Ziegler, Oliver ^b,d   Kamel, Ehab M ^a,e   Von Schulthess, Gustav K ^a   Strobel, Klaus ^a   Hodler, Juerg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c KLINIK HIRSLANDEN   (Switzerland)

^d Ortho Zentrum Rosenheim   (Germany)

^e LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

FDG PET; Infection; Knee prostheses; Malrotation; Synovitis

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; FEMUR MALFORMATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL FEMUR ROTATION; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PAIN; PERIOSTEUM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE PAIN; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYNOVIUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749252207     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-006-0127-1     Document Type: Article

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