Open AccessEvaluation of Healed Status in Tuberculosis of Spine by Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography and Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Author(s) -
Samarth Mittal,
Anil K. Jain,
K L Chakraborti,
Aditya Aggarwal,
Lalendra Upreti,
Himanshu Bhayana
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/ortho.ijortho_224_18
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , positron emission tomography , computed tomography , radiology , nuclear medicine , contrast (vision) , tomography , preclinical imaging , positron emission , physics , optics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , in vivo
The healed status (end-point of treatment) in tuberculosis (TB) spine is not defined; hence optimum antitubercular therapy (ATT) duration is unresolved. We, for the first time, prospectively evaluated the healed status in TB spine by fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) and contrast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with the objective to define end-point of treatment in TB spine.