Incidence and severity of femoral head avascularity after femoral neck or intertrochanteric fractures on preoperative bone single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography: preliminary study

Conclusion Although avascular femoral head on bone SPECT/CT does not directly indicate avascular necrosis, assessing the incidence and severity of femoral head avascularity using qualitative and quantitative parameters could give clinically useful information related to the classification. Additional studies with larger sample sizes would be a next step to expand the clinical role of bone SPECT/CT.
Source: Nuclear Medicine Communications - Category: Nuclear Medicine Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research