Assessment of Bone Viability by Scintiscanning in Frostbite Injuries

Overview

Journal J Trauma

Specialty Emergency Medicine

Date 1976 Dec 1

PMID 1003589

Citations 6

Authors

R Lisbona

L Rosenthall

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Abstract

Radionuclide bone imaging with a radiotechnetium-labeled phosphate (99mTc-methylene diphosphonate) has been employed to study the extremities injured by frostbite. The degree of accretion of the radiopharmaceutical in bone is dependent on the integrity of the vascular supply. This property has been used successfully to distinguish viable and nonviable bone.

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