Role of simultaneous bone and 99mTc HMPAO labeled WBC scanning in diagnosis of bone and soft tissue infections /
دور مسح العظام المتزامن مع المسح الكلى باستخدام التكنشيوم المعنون HMPAO على كرات الدم البيضاء فى تشخيص حالات التهابات العظام والانسجة الرخوة
Osama Ali Ragab ; Supervised Hosna Mohammed Moustafa , Sherif Elrefaei
- Cairo : Osama Ali Ragab , 2009
- 210P. : facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Nuclear Medicine
To evaluate the role of Tc-99m HMPAO - labelled WBCs and bone scintigraphy as a combined technique to improve specificity in diagnosis of bone and soft tissue infections . This study included 65 sites suspected to have bone infection were included. Patients were divided into two major groups ; Group A: 16 sites with current endo - prosthesis ; Group B: 49 sites with no prosthesis