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  • Title: Experimental vascularized bone grafts: histopathologic correlations with postoperative bone scan: the risk of false-positive results.
    Author: Shaffer JW, Field GA, Wilber RG, Goldberg VM.
    Journal: J Orthop Res; 1987; 5(3):311-9. PubMed ID: 3305843.
    Abstract:
    A positive bone scan in an experimental model of bilateral ulna diaphyseal bone grafts demonstrated early bone repair in both vascularized and nonvascularized orthotopic ulna autografts. A positive bone scan did not correlate with the perfusion of the vascularized and nonvascularized grafts as measured by microangiograms done 1 week postoperatively. In this model, if the bone scan is intended to monitor the circulatory status and viability of the bone graft, it must be done earlier than 1 week postoperative prior to the onset of creeping repair in both vascularized and nonvascular ulna autografts.
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