[18F]FDG PET accurately differentiates infected and non-infected non-unions after fracture fixation.
Vera WenterNathalie L AlbertMatthias BrendelWolfgang P FendlerClemens C CyranPeter BartensteinJan FriederichsJan-Philipp MüllerMatthias MilitzMarcus HackerSven HungererPublished in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2016)
[18F]FDG PET differentiates infected from non-infected non-unions with high accuracy in patients with suspected infections of non-union fractures, for whom other clinical findings were inconclusive for a local infection. [18F]FDG PET should be considered for therapeutic management of non-unions.