Evaluation of fracture healing in man by serial 99mTcSn-pyrophosphate scintimetry.
Serial 99mTc-pyrophosphate (99mTcPP) uptake measurements were performed, during the healing period, in 12 patients with fracture of the distal end of the radius without displacement. A peak value in uptake ratio was seen within 4 weeks in all patients. For clinical reasons the patients were divided into a normal healing and a slow healing group. 99mTcPP uptake at 6 weeks after the fracture was significantly higher in the slow healing group. Quantitation of the healing process in forearm fractures is possible using 99mTcPP and a gamma camera, and concentrating on small selected areas of interest.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013667:Technetium; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing
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