Autoradiographic studies of fracture healing using 99Tcm-Sn-polyphosphate.
Using 99Tcm-Sn-polyphosphate, macroautoradiographs were produced of 34 standardized, medullary-nailed, 1--10-week-old tibial fractures in the rat. The radioactivity was localized in the callus and epiphyseal growth plate. On microautoradiography the 99Tcm-Sn-polyphosphate was found diffusely scattered within the mineralizing part of the callus and the epiphyseal growth plate.
D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography / Q000379:methods; D002146:Bony Callus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary; D011122:Polyphosphates; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013667:Technetium; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014003:Tin Polyphosphates; D014945:Wound Healing
D011122:Polyphosphates; D014003:Tin Polyphosphates; D013667:Technetium