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8370778

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-10-14
pubmed:abstractText
Technetium bone scintigraphy was performed in four patients with fulminant meningococcemia and extensive peripheral gangrene. The bone scans showed variable levels of absent uptake in all extremities of the four patients who subsequently required quadrimembral amputations. In 13 limbs, the level of amputation was determined primarily by the bone scan findings, and operation was successful in 84% of those limbs. These findings suggest that bone scanning is a useful adjunct in differentiating viable from nonviable tissues in patients with extensive peripheral gangrene secondary to fulminant meningococcemia and thus helps determine the appropriate level of amputation in such patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0271-6798
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
447-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Use of bone scan in management of patients with peripheral gangrene due to fulminant meningococcemia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article