Utility of bone SPECT/CT to identify the primary cause of pain in elderly patients with degenerative lumbar spine disease.
Satoshi KatoSatoru DemuraHidenori MatsubaraAnri InakiKazuya ShinmuraNoriaki YokogawaHideki MurakamiSeigo KinuyaHiroyuki TsuchiyaPublished in: Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research (2019)
Bone SPECT/CT was useful to identify the specific cause of pain in elderly patients with lumbar degenerative disease and to provide appropriate treatment, avoiding the unnecessary use of invasive spinal fusion surgery. Therefore, the clinical utility of bone SPECT/CT is potentially high as it improves diagnosis and lowers the risk of inappropriate invasive spinal surgery.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- image quality
- dual energy
- bone mineral density
- computed tomography
- chronic pain
- contrast enhanced
- coronary artery bypass
- spinal cord
- pet ct
- soft tissue
- pain management
- neuropathic pain
- bone loss
- positron emission tomography
- bone regeneration
- surgical site infection
- postmenopausal women
- magnetic resonance
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome
- atrial fibrillation