PET scanning in plastic and reconstructive surgery.
In this report we highlight the use of PET scan in plastic and reconstructive surgery. PET scanning is a very important tool in plastic surgery oncology (melanoma, soft-tissue sarcomas and bone sarcomas, head and neck cancer, peripheral nerve sheath tumors of the extremities and breast cancer after breast esthetic surgery), as diagnosis, staging, treatment planning and follow-up of cancer patients is based on imaging. PET scanning seems also to be useful as a flap monitoring system as well as an infection's imaging tool, for example in the management of diabetic foot ulcer. PET also contributes to the understanding of pathophysiology of keloids which remain a therapeutic challenge.
Department of Surgery, University Hospital Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany. liodaki_irene@yahoo.com
Eirini
E
Liodaki
Liodaki
L
Eirini
Emmanouil
E
Liodakis
Liodakis
L
Emmanouil
Othonas
O
Papadopoulos
Papadopoulos
P
Othonas
Hans-Günther
HG
Machens
Machens
M
Hans-Günther
Nikolaos A
NA
Papadopulos
Papadopulos A
PA
Nikolaos
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007627:Keloid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18