18F|FDG PET for Diagnosing Infections in Prosthetic Joints

18F-FDG PET for Diagnosing Infections in Prosthetic Joints - PubMed

Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a severe complication, associated with substantial morbidity and high costs. PJI can occur in the early ...

18F-FDG PET for Diagnosing Infections in Prosthetic Joints

Key points. •. The diagnostic performance of fludeoxyglucose F 18 (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) in detecting periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) ...

18F-FDG PET for Diagnosing Infections in Prosthetic Joints

In 2010, a little more than 2% of the US population were living with a hip or total knee replacement, which corresponds to approximately 7 million peo-.

FDG-PET for diagnosing prosthetic joint infection: systematic review ...

This review concluded that the overall diagnostic performance of fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) was moderate to high.

18F-FDG PET for diagnosing painful arthroplasty/prosthetic joint ...

Up to now, there were some studies about the role of 18F-FDG PET or PET/CT in the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection after arthroplasty ...

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The other radiotracers used are related with the affinity of the infective focus detection like Indium leukocyte scan and 99tc sulfur colloid scan. The same ...

18F-FDG PET for Diagnosing Infections in Prosthetic Joints. - Abstract

Diagnosis of PJI can be a challenge, especially for chronic and low-grade infections. The diagnostic performance of fludeoxyglucose F 18 (18F-FDG) positron ...

The Promising Role of 18F-FDG PET in Detecting Infected Lower ...

The results of revision of total hip arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1979;61B:419 – 421. 4. Fitzgerald RHJ. Diagnosis and management of the infected hip ...

FDG-PET for diagnosing prosthetic joint infection: systematic review ...

Overall, the studies had good methodological quality. Pooled sensitivity and specificity of FDG-PET for the detection of prosthetic hip or knee joint infection ...

The implications of 18F-FDG PET for the diagnosis of endoprosthetic ...

F-Fluoro-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG-PET) allows reliable prediction of peri-prosthetic septical inflammatory tissue ...

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Accuracy of ...

Objective: Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron emission tomography/computerized tomography (FDG PET/CT) has become popular for diagnosing ...

FDG-CT/PET false positive case in hip prosthesis: a clue to avoid error

Differential diagnosis between infection and aseptic loosening may be difficult in patients after joint replacement because of the similarities among ...

Added value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in diagnosing infected hip prosthesis

Therefore, to elucidate this issue, the purpose of the present study was to retrospectively investigate the added value of 18F-FDG PET/CT to ...

The Ongoing Misperception That Labeled Leukocyte Imaging Is ...

Thus, evidence indicates that the diagnostic performance of 18F-FDG PET in detecting infection in painful hip and knee prostheses is ...

PET/CT and SPECT/CT for Infection in Joints and Bones

The value of 18F-FDG is in the imaging of chronic infections, spinal/vertebral infections and prosthetic infection, however its specificity in the latter is ...

Diagnostic accuracy of positron emission tomography/computerized ...

Studies utilizing PET/CT as the index test for diagnosing the periprosthetic joint infection of the hip joint. Reference standards. We only ...

Diagnostic utility of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission ...

A fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) scan is useful in confirming the absence of infection in total hip arthroplasty ...

18F-FDG PET for Diagnosing Infections in Prosthetic Joints | CoLab

Diagnosis of PJI can be a challenge, especially for chronic and low-grade infections. The diagnostic performance of fludeoxyglucose F 18 (18F- ...

The Role of FDG-PET Imaging in Diagnosing Periprosthetic Infection ...

The accurate noninvasive diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection remains a challenge. In recent years, fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography ...

Added value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in diagnosing infected hip prosthesis

This study shows that 18F-FDG PET/CT adds to individual conventional tests in diagnosing infected hip prosthesis and should therefore be considered in the ...