Single-photon-emission computerised tomography compared with planar bone scan to assess femoral head vascularity
| Autor: | D B Finlay, Andrew McCaskie, IP Belton, W. M. Harper, S J Calder |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Hip fracture Planar Imaging business.industry Bone scans medicine.disease Lower limb Femoral head medicine.anatomical_structure Vascularity Single photon emission computerised tomography Medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Surgery Radiology medicine.symptom business Femoral neck |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume. :637-639 |
| ISSN: | 2044-5377 0301-620X |
| DOI: | 10.1302/0301-620x.77b4.7615612 |
| Popis: | We performed single-photon-emission CT (SPECT) and planar bone scans to assess femoral head vascularity in ten patients with displaced intracapsular hip fracture. The heads were labelled with tetracycline and after excision at hemiarthroplasty were assessed for tetracycline uptake distribution by fluorescence under UV light. The four which had the greatest tetracycline uptake were normal on SPECT and planar imaging. In two cases the planar bone scans were normal although SPECT suggested avascularity thus giving false-negative results. Surgeons should be aware of this; SPECT may prove to be a more accurate method of assessing vascularity of the femoral head in fractures of the femoral neck. |
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