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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-1-24
pubmed:abstractText
Complete fibrovascular ingrowth of the hydroxyapatite ocular implant is necessary for peg drilling, the secondary procedure that couples the mobile sphere to the ocular prosthesis providing it with motility. This study was conducted to determine the usefulness of the bone scan for the evaluation and relative quantification of the vascularization of coralline hydroxyapatite ocular implants. In 23 patients (32 scans), vascularization of the ocular implant was measured by three-phase bone scintigraphy. There were 16 patients with left, and 7 with right orbital implants. At followup 0.5 to 8 months after successful hydroxyapatite implantation, the mean implant to normal intraorbital activity ratio on delayed bone scans in anterior view was 2.73 +/- 0.73 (mean +/- SD) with a range of 1.42-4.2. The normal right to left and left to right intraorbital bone activity ratios determined in anterior view from 10 normal delayed bone scans were 0.98 +/- 0.05 (mean +/- SD) and 1.02 +/- 0.05 (mean +/- SD) respectively, with a range of 0.93-1.07. The difference of the activity (count) ratios among the successfully implanted group and normals was statistically significant (P < 0.0001). A hydroxyapatite ocular implant to contralateral intraorbital bone activity ratio of greater than 1.12 with a homogeneous tracer distribution throughout the implant suggests adequate and diffuse vascularization is present. The progressive increase in activity ratio of the orbital implants seen in the early postimplantation period, which is indicative of the progression of vascularization, reaches a plateau after 1 month and remains relatively stable thereafter.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0363-9762
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
779-87
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Quantitative measurement of vascularization and vascular ingrowth rate of coralline hydroxyapatite ocular implant by Tc-99m MDP bone imaging.
pubmed:affiliation
Russel H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore 21287, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article