title: SPECT/CT in patients with painful knee arthroplasty-what is the evidence?
abstract: SPECT/CT is increasingly recognized as a promising imaging modality for the investigation of patients with a painful knee after knee arthroplasty. In this review article, we give an overview of the clinical value and current and future applications of SPECT/CT for patients with knee pain following joint arthroplasty. A detailed evidence-based literature review is performed and presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Kantonsspital Baselland-Bruderholz, 4101 Bruderholz, Switzerland. michael_hirschmann@web.de
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Hirschmann
authors.forename: Johann
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Henckel
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rasch
mesh_terms: D018771:Arthralgia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome