Sternal nonunion on bone scintigraphy: a case report

Document Type : Case Report

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1 Golestan Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (GRCGH), Golestan University of Medical Sciences (GUOMS), Gorgan, Iran

2 The Persian Gulf Nuclear Medicine Research Center, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran

3 Department of Surgery (division of cardiac surgery), Bushehr Medical Center Hospital, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran

Abstract

Sternal non-union is a severe complication of sternotomy closure following open heart surgeries. Healing problems typically occur in 0.3% to 5% of patients. Technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate (99mTc-MDP) bone scintigraphy has been used to assess bone nonunion to predict the healing response for proper management.

 In this report, we present the case of a marked sternal nonunion following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), using radionuclide bone scintigraphy.

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Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Volume 21, Issue 1 - Serial Number 39
Serial number: 39
June 2013
Pages 33-35

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