Combined radionuclide and radiocontrast arthrography for evaluating hip arthroplasty.
Twenty-two patients had combined radiographic and radiocolloid arthrography. The two procedures were in agreement in 86% of the patients as to whether the femoral component was loose or not. Fourteen patients has surgical revision of the prosthesis and in 3 (23%) radiographic arthrography was falsely negative. No false negative results were obtained with radiocolloid arthrography thus far. The radionuclide method cannot be used to assess the acetabular component.
D003102:Colloids; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007482:Iothalamate Meglumine; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D017556:Technetium Compounds; D014001:Tin; D017971:Tin Compounds
D003102:Colloids; D017556:Technetium Compounds; D017971:Tin Compounds; C033493:technetium Tc 99m tin colloid; D013667:Technetium; D014001:Tin; D007482:Iothalamate Meglumine