A Viability Analysis of Tumor-Bearing Frozen Autograft for the Reconstruction After Resection of Malignant Bone Tumors Using 99m Tc-MDP Scintigraphy.
Yoshihiro ArakiNorio YamamotoKatsuhiro HayashiAkihiko TakeuchiShinji MiwaKentaro IgarashiTakashi HiguchiKensaku AbeYuta TaniguchiHirotaka YonezawaSei MorinagaYohei AsanoTakayuki NojimaJunichi TakiHiroyuki TsuchiyaPublished in: Clinical nuclear medicine (2022)
The calculation of the uptake ratio using 99m Tc-MDP scans was an objective and accurate evaluation method. The period to normalization of tracer uptake in the pedicle frozen bone was significantly earlier than that in the free frozen bone. The postoperative complications can be also predicted.