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The implications of 18F-FDG PET for the diagnosis of endoprosthetic loosening and infection in hip and knee arthroplasty: Results from a prospective, blinded study

BACKGROUND: The most frequent complications of joint arthroplasty are septic or aseptic loosening of endoprostheses. Preoperative differentiation is essential, since very different treatment methods result from the diagnoses. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the clinical value of (18)F-F...

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Autores principales: Delank, K-St, Schmidt, M, Michael, JW-P, Dietlein, M, Schicha, H, Eysel, P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1409773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16512924
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-7-20