Nuklearmedizin. Nuclear medicine
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Clinical Trial
Hybrid 18F-FDG PET/CT of colonic anastomosis. A possibility to detect anastomotic leakage?
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is a known method to diagnose inflammatory processes and thus may be a promising imaging technique to detect anastomotic bowel leak. The aim of this study was to assess postoperative FDG uptake in colorectal anastomosis in patients without suspicion of active infection or anastomotic leakage. ⋯ The present study shows that FDG uptake in colorectal anastomosis remains low within the first six days after surgery in patients without anastomotic leakage. Therefore, FDG-PET might be useful to investigate further as a tool to detect anastomotic leakage in an the early postoperative phase.
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This study aimed at investigating the diagnostic value of ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT in cases of suspected spondylodiscitis after inconclusive results in initial diagnostic imaging. ⋯ ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT provided diagnostic information in most patients with chronic back pain and suspected spondylodiscitis. It was helpful in establishing a correct diagnosis in challenging cases of spondylodiscitis with mostly unclear findings in previous MRI.