SPECT/CT in differentiation of pseudarthrosis from other causes of back pain in lumbar spinal fusion: Report on 10 consecutive cases

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 339-343

  Rager, Olivier ^a   Schaller, Karl ^a   Payer, Michael ^b   Tchernin, David ^a   Ratib, Osman ^a   Tessitore, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b Hirslanden Clinics   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

interbody cage; lumbar fusion; pseudarthrosis; SPECT CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT DEGENERATION; LEG PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION;

ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; LEG; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858128568     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: 15360229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318239248b     Document Type: Article

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