Presurgical localization of infected avascular bone segments in chronic complicated posttraumatic osteomyelitis in the lower extremity using dual-tracer PET/CT

Presurgical localization of infected avascular bone segments in chronic complicated posttraumatic osteomyelitis in the lower extremity using dual-tracer PET/CT

Abstract Background Localizing and removing the infected sequestrum in long-standing trauma-related chronic osteomyelitis remains a clinical challenge. PET/CT with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG-PET) has a high sensitivity for chronic osteomyelitis and 18F-sodium-fluoride PET/CT (NaF-PET) has a high sp...

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Main Authors: Albert Christersson, Sune Larsson, Jens Sörensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-07-01
Series:EJNMMI Research
Subjects:
Chronic osteomyelitis
FDG-PET/CT
NaF-PET/CT
Surgical treatment
Preoperative planning
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13550-018-0426-0

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