Radiography, radionuclide imaging, and asthrography in the evaluation of total hip and knee replacement. [/sup 99m/Tc-phosphate]

Journal Article · Fri Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978 · Radiology; (United States)

OSTI ID:6737268

Gelman, M I; Coleman, R E; Stevens, P M; Davey, B W

Twenty patients with 21 total joint replacements including 17 hips and 4 knees were studied by plain film radiography, radionuclide imaging, and subtraction arthrography to evaluate these procedures for assessing prosthetic complications. Surgery was performed in 14 patients and confirmed loosening of 8 femoral and 7 acetabular hip prosthesis components and 1 femoral and 4 tibial knee prosthesis components. Plain films suggested loosening of only 9 hip components and no knee components. In contrast, radionuclide imaging and subtraction arthrography were considerably more effective in demonstrating loosening as well as other causes of the painful total joint prosthesis.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City
• OSTI ID: 6737268
• Journal Information: Radiology; (United States), Journal Name: Radiology; (United States) Vol. z128:3; ISSN RADLA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY
BODY
BONE JOINTS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COMPLEXES
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
EVALUATION
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MEDICAL SUPPLIES
MEDICINE
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PATIENTS
PHOSPHATES
PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
PROSTHESES
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOLOGY
SCINTISCANNING
SKELETON
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM COMPLEXES
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPLEXES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES