Imaging of infected total arthroplasty with Tc-99m-labeled antigranulocyte antibody Fab'fragments |
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Authors: | von Rothenburg Thomas Schoellhammer Martin Schaffstein Josef Koester Odo Schmid Gebhard |
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Institution: | St. Josef Hospital, University Hospital, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Bochum, Germany. thomas.rothenburg@t-online.de |
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Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of Tc-99m-labeled antigranulocyte antibody Fab' fragments in infected total arthroplasty. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 38 immunoscintigrams were evaluated retrospectively with 15 to 25 mCi Tc-99m-labeled antigranulocyte antibody-Fab' fragments. The final diagnosis was assessed by articular puncture or intraoperative sampling. RESULTS: In the total hip replacement group the authors found 10 true positives, 7 true negatives, 8 false positives, and 1 false negative; and in the total knee replacement group they found 4 true positives, 8 true negatives, and no false positives or false negatives. They also found a sensitivity of 93%, a specificity of 65%, and a positive predictive accuracy of 63%. There was a negative predictive accuracy of 94%. CONCLUSION: The high negative predictive accuracy in the whole group suggests that the scan can be used to exclude infection in most cases. Negative results with a high clinical suspicion merits further investigation. A positive result will require further correlative imaging, especially for total knee replacement. |
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