Rational and reliable diagnosis of periprosthetic hip and knee joint infection using two nuclear-medicine methods: 99mTc-ciprofloxacin and 99mTc-MDP scintigraphy
Background/Aim. There is a constant and dramatic in-crease in hip and knee prosthetic implantations worldwide. However, a decrease in the percentage of failed (infected) prosthetic implantations is not significant (0.5% up to 2%). The real challenge is whether prosthetic joint loosening was caused b...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Military Health Department, Ministry of Defance, Serbia
2021-01-01
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| Series: | Vojnosanitetski Pregled |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2021/0042-84501900101P.pdf |