Scheidegger, E; Geissbühlerl, U; Doherr, M G; Lang, J (2006). Technetium-99m-HDP uptake characteristics in equine fractures: a retrospective study. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde, 148(10), pp. 569-75. Bern: Huber 10.1024/0036-7281.148.10.569
Full text not available from this repository.Bone scintigraphy is a very sensitive diagnostic tool to detect elevated bone metabolism. In cases of fractures and fissure fractures, the radiopharmaceutical uptake in the bone is said to be increased within a few hours after the injury. In this retrospective study, the scintigraphic uptake characteristics at the fracture site of 36 horses with radiographically confirmed fractures or fissure fractures were evaluated. Uptake ratios between the fracture region and adjacent normal bone or soft tissue activity respectively were calculated and compared to different anamnestic and radiographic data. The overall sensitivity of bone scintigraphy was 94.4% (34 positive cases out of 36). In the 36 horses, no correlation between the age of the fracture and the radiopharmaceutical uptake was found. However, there seems to be a lack of sensitivity in early detection of equine pelvic fractures when a standing bone scintigraphy examination protocol is used.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine (DKV) > DKV - Clinical Radiology 05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine (DKV) > DVK - Clinical Research [discontinued] 05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH) > Experimental Clinical Research |
UniBE Contributor: |
Doherr, Marcus, Lang-Fritz, Johann |
ISSN: |
0036-7281 |
Publisher: |
Huber |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:45 |
Last Modified: |
02 Mar 2023 23:22 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1024/0036-7281.148.10.569 |
PubMed ID: |
17076465 |
Web of Science ID: |
000242984600006 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/18621 (FactScience: 822) |
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