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Postoperative assessment of the viability of vascularized bone transfer was done in 23 patients by using radionuclide imaging within the first postoperative week. Follow-up ranged from six to 45 months. The results of bone scans in the region of the vascularized bone transfer were positive in 16 patients. Of these, over 60 percent went on to uncomplicated union and a successful clinical outcome, with no frank failures. The results of scans were negative or equivocal in seven patients. Only 1 of these went on to uncomplicated healing and two cases (almost 30 percent) resulted in frank failure, necessitating removal of the transferred bone. Radionuclide imaging in the first postoperative week after vascularized bone transfer appears to be a useful monitor and prognostic indicator of the subsequent clinical course.
E M Zinberg, and
M B Wood, and
M L Brown
May 1982,
The British journal of radiology,
E M Zinberg, and
M B Wood, and
M L Brown
January 2001,
Transplantation proceedings,
E M Zinberg, and
M B Wood, and
M L Brown
February 1980,
AJR. American journal of roentgenology,
E M Zinberg, and
M B Wood, and
M L Brown
December 1992,
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume,
E M Zinberg, and
M B Wood, and
M L Brown
April 2009,
Der Unfallchirurg,
E M Zinberg, and
M B Wood, and
M L Brown
January 1990,
Microsurgery,
E M Zinberg, and
M B Wood, and
M L Brown
January 1987,
Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society,
E M Zinberg, and
M B Wood, and
M L Brown
December 2020,
Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging,
E M Zinberg, and
M B Wood, and
M L Brown
January 2017,
Indian journal of nuclear medicine : IJNM : the official journal of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, India,
