title: Role of Tc-99m IDA scintigraphy in the evaluation of hepatobiliary trauma.
abstract: Each year approximately 52 million Americans are injured, of which 11 million require hospitalization and 110,000 die. This has an associated health care cost of 3 billion dollars. Hepatobiliary injuries have always constituted a significant area of involvement. They have become more easily detectable since the advent of technetium-99m analogs of iminodiacetic acid (IDA). Biliary leakage secondary to other causes, such as inflammation, neoplasm, and iatrogenic factors are also well demonstrated in a safe, simple, and rapid manner with radionuclide imaging. The relatively low patient radiation dose that is associated with these procedures permits follow-up studies when necessary.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000293:injuries; D006801:Humans; D007098:Imino Acids; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D007098:Imino Acids; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D013455:Sulfur; D013667:Technetium