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This is a prospective study. Patients' cohort is composed of 70 consecutive post joint replacement and post tibial ORIF patients, referred by their orthopedic surgeon to the Nuclear Medicine institute of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in the diagnostic work up of post operative bone infection and or mechanical loosening.
The proposed study will be presented to the ethical committee of the medical center and will be started once approved.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bone inaction patients | Experimental | Three months or more post joint replacement, or post tibial ORIF, or last surgical intervention adult patients suspected of bone infection and or mechanical loosening. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bone Scan | Other | Bone Scan: three-phase planar Bone Scan and a SPECT/CT [perfusion, blood pool and SPECT/CT of the relevant region of interest (ROI), and a whole-body planar late bone scan]. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| To assess the role of NM imaging in the diagnosis work up of joint prosthesis and tibial ORIF complications by using GE NM/CT 870 DR camera and its accompanied tools.. | 1 year |
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Inclusion Criteria:
1. Three months or more post joint replacement, or post tibial ORIF, or last surgical intervention adult patients suspected of bone infection and or mechanical loosening.
Exclusion Criteria:
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