| The use of postoperative bone scintigraphy to predict graft retention. | |
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PMID: 17897514 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Osteonecrosis of the femoral head commonly occurs in patients aged under 50 years. Because of a high rate of complications associated with joint replacement surgery in this population, surgical techniques, such as vascularized fibular grafting, have been devised in an attempt to salvage the femoral head. The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of bone scintigraphy to predict graft retention after vascularized fibular grafting for osteonecrosis of the hip. METHODS: We evaluated single photon emission computed tomography images from 104 subjects whose hips were treated with vascularized fibular grafts between 1994 and 2000. We compared the signal intensity of the graft with the intensity of the ipsilateral proximal femoral diaphysis and assigned a score of 1 if less than diaphysis, 2 if equal to diaphysis and 3 if greater than diaphysis. We defined graft failure as conversion to or on the waiting list for total hip arthroplasty. RESULTS: Thirty percent of hips failed treatment (n = 31, mean graft survival 34.9 mo), while 70% of grafts were retained (n = 73, mean follow-up 56.6 mo). Bone scan scores were significantly lower in the failed group (mean 7.1, range 6-12), compared with the retained group (mean 8.5, range 6-18; p = 0.03). Logistic regression demonstrated that a bone scan score > 6 was associated with graft retention (p = 0.028), with an odds ratio of 3.08 (range 1.13-8.40). CONCLUSION: These results suggest that having a well-perfused graft in the early postoperative period improves the chances of graft retention in the future. |
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Authors:
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Kurt P Droll; Vikash Prasad; Ana Ciorau; Bruce G Gray; Michael D McKee |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie Volume: 50 ISSN: 0008-428X ISO Abbreviation: Can J Surg Publication Date: 2007 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-09-27 Completed Date: 2007-10-18 Revised Date: 2009-11-18 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372715 Medline TA: Can J Surg Country: Canada |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 261-5 Citation Subset: IM |
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Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, St Michael's Hospital, and the University of Toronto, Toronto, ONT, Canada. |
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Adolescent Adult Bone Transplantation* Female Femur Head Necrosis / radionuclide imaging*, surgery* Fibula / blood supply, radionuclide imaging, transplantation* Follow-Up Studies Graft Survival* Humans Male Middle Aged Predictive Value of Tests Retrospective Studies Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon* Treatment Outcome |
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