Serial bone scanning of Colles fracture.
Serial bone scannings with 99-M-Tc-MDP have been performed in 15 patients with an extra-articular dorsal-angulated fracture of the distal radius (Colles' fracture). A method for the quantification of healing activity is described. The activity-ratios show a typical pattern of progress during the healing period. There is a correlation between fractures with high activity ratios late in the healing period and fractures that redisplace during the healing period.
D000368:Aged; D003100:Colles' Fracture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003201:Computers; D004164:Diphosphonates; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013667:Technetium; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing
D004164:Diphosphonates; D013667:Technetium; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate