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M A Smith, E A Jones, R K Strachan, J J Nicoll, J J Best, P Tothill, S P Hughes.
Abstract
The uptake of 99mTc-MDP was studied in 73 patients after a tibial fracture. The image obtained five minutes after injection during a period between one and four weeks after fracture was found to be related to the incidence of non-union after six months. A ratio of 1.3 between the uptake at the fracture site and at normal bone adjacent to it predicted non-union in an individual patient with a sensitivity of about 70% and a specificity of 90%.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID： 3584200
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bone Joint Surg Br ISSN： 0301-620X