TY - JOUR
T1 - Postoperative cardiothoracic infection
T2 - Diagnostic value of indium-111 white blood cell imaging
AU - Oates, Elizabeth
AU - Payne, Douglas D.
PY - 1994/11
Y1 - 1994/11
N2 - During a 6.5-year period, 50 indium 111-labeled white blood cell scans were obtained in 49 selected patients who had undergone sternotomy. Retrospectively, six sternal wounds and eight cardiovascular prostheses were found to be infected in 13 patients. For Cardiothoracic surgical sites, the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of indium-111-labeled white blood cell scintigraphy were 86%, 97%, and 95%, respectively. Whole-body imaging identified the presence of major extramediastinal sites of infection in 10 patients. In patients with complicated Cardiothoracic conditions, indium-111-labeled white blood cell imaging provides valuable diagnostic information regarding a variety of postoperative infections.
AB - During a 6.5-year period, 50 indium 111-labeled white blood cell scans were obtained in 49 selected patients who had undergone sternotomy. Retrospectively, six sternal wounds and eight cardiovascular prostheses were found to be infected in 13 patients. For Cardiothoracic surgical sites, the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of indium-111-labeled white blood cell scintigraphy were 86%, 97%, and 95%, respectively. Whole-body imaging identified the presence of major extramediastinal sites of infection in 10 patients. In patients with complicated Cardiothoracic conditions, indium-111-labeled white blood cell imaging provides valuable diagnostic information regarding a variety of postoperative infections.
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U2 - 10.1016/0003-4975(94)91932-1
DO - 10.1016/0003-4975(94)91932-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 7979672
AN - SCOPUS:0028020476
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 58
SP - 1442
EP - 1446
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 5
ER -