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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
1
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1982-3-13
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| pubmed:abstractText |
In 38 fractures of the human tibia showing radiological consolidation within 6 months, the amount of callus formed was assessed monthly by scintimetry following intravenous administration of 99Tcm-Sn-polyphosphate. The results of the scintimetry were expressed as a ratio (as radioactivity over the fracture divided by that over the contralateral area of the normal leg). The error of the scintimetric ratio within the period of measurements (20-60 minutes after the injection of isotope) was +/- 5 per cent. More isotope accumulated around the fracture in all patients. The scintimetric time course of transverse as well as longitudinal fractures showed a peak value (scintimetric ratio 3.6 +/- 0.6 s.d.) in the fourth to fifth week, whatever the primary treatment, and was of the same magnitude in the two types of fracture. A secondary increase of the scintimetric ratio was found in 70 per cent of the fractures following the start of weight bearing. Infection of a fracture induced a higher scintimetric ratio than that of an uninfected fracture. Re-fractures showed exceptionally high scintimetric ratios in the second to fourth week (twice the values of primary fractures), but the ratios decreased rapidly. Scintimetry is non-invasive, quantitative method of estimating the formation of callus. In this study the scintimetric time course of healing fractures of the tibia was determined. The results are to serve as a basic study of the method's suitability in early diagnosis of pathological healing.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Jul
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| pubmed:issn |
0020-1383
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
13
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
69-75
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:7319635-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:7319635-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:7319635-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:7319635-Bony Callus,
pubmed-meshheading:7319635-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:7319635-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:7319635-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:7319635-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:7319635-Scintillation Counting,
pubmed-meshheading:7319635-Tibial Fractures,
pubmed-meshheading:7319635-Time Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:7319635-Wound Healing
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| pubmed:year |
1981
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
The time course of 99Tcm-Sn-polyphosphate scintimetry of normally healing tibial fractures in man.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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