Bone and muscular viability assessment before amputation: usefulness of bone scan and ^99mTc sestamibi dual-phase scintigraphy

BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Oct 19:2017:bcr2017222258. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-222258.

Authors

Steve Durante¹, Maria Helena Perez², Anthony De Buys Roessingh³, Ariane Boubaker⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
³ Department of Pediatric Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.

No abstract available

Keywords: bone and Joint infections; infections; musculoskeletal and joint disorders; paediatrics (drugs and medicines); radiology.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Amputation, Surgical*
Child, Preschool
Femur / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Male
Muscle, Skeletal / diagnostic imaging*
Osteonecrosis / diagnostic imaging*
Osteonecrosis / etiology
Positron-Emission Tomography
Predictive Value of Tests
Radiopharmaceuticals*
Sepsis / complications
Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi*
Tibia / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi