Potential usefulness of 68Ga-citrate PET/CT in detecting infected lower limb prostheses

Potential usefulness of 68Ga-citrate PET/CT in detecting infected lower limb prostheses

Abstract Background Prosthetic joint infections may lead to failures of total joint arthroplasty. Radionuclide imaging can play a diagnostic role in identifying such infections, which require two-stage exchange arthroplasty (instead of simple revision surgery performed in non-infected cases). Althou...

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Main Authors: Jing-Ren Tseng, Yu-Han Chang, Lan-Yan Yang, Chen-Te Wu, Szu-Yuan Chen, Chih-Hsing Wan, Ing-Tsung Hsiao, Tzu-Chen Yen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-01-01
Series:EJNMMI Research
Subjects:
68Ga-citrate
18F-FDG
PET/CT
Prosthetic joint infections
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13550-018-0468-3

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