Diagnostic performance of 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with spinal infection: a systematic review and a bivariate meta-analysis.
Giorgio TregliaMariarosa PascaleElena LazzeriWouter van der BruggenRoberto C Delgado BoltonAndor W J M GlaudemansPublished in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2019)
18F-FDG PET/CT demonstrated a very good diagnostic performance in patients with SI and can be used in patients in which MRI cannot be performed or is non-diagnostic or inconclusive. Several studies underlined the value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in assessing the response to treatment in patients with SI. Overall, larger multicentre and prospective studies and cost-effectiveness analyses are warranted.
Keyphrases
- case control
- systematic review
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- magnetic resonance imaging
- spinal cord
- room temperature
- peritoneal dialysis
- clinical trial
- randomized controlled trial
- computed tomography
- study protocol
- spinal cord injury
- meta analyses
- patient reported outcomes
- cross sectional
- patient reported
- double blind