Items for "prosthetic infection"

Analysis of 18F-FDG uptake patterns in PET for diagnosis of septic and aseptic loosening after total hip arthroplasty

AIM: Identification of typical patterns for fluorodeoxy-glucose (FDG) uptake in positron emission tomography (PET) to detect aseptic loosening of hip prosthesis (ace-tabular and/or femoral component) and prosthetic infection. METHODS: 18 patients with painful hip prosthesis underwent PET using a dedicated full ring scanner after application of 200300 MBq FDG...

Keywords: Fluordeoxyglukose, Positronenemissionstomographie, Totalendoprothese des Hüftgelenks, Prothesenlockerung, Protheseninfekt