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The promising role of 18F-FDG PET in detecting infected lower limb prosthesis implants.

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2001

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H Zhuang, Paulo Schiavom Duarte, Michael Pourdehnad, Alex Maes, Frank Van Acker, D. Shnier, Jonathan P. Garino, Robert H. Fitzgerald, Abass Alavi
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Abstract

FDG PET is a useful imaging modality for detecting infections associated with lower limb arthroplasty and is more accurate for detecting infections associated with hip prostheses than for detecting infections associated with knee prostheses.

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