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The role of ⁹⁹Tc^m-HMPAO white cell imaging in suspected orthopaedic infection

Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Windmill Road, Headington, Oxford 0X3 7LD

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I wonder why we need a new nuclear medicine technique for the clinical problem of suspected infection of total joint prosthesis. It seems to me that if this diagnosis is strongly suspected the appropriate investigation is aspiration of the joint. If the tap is dry, contrast should be injected to confirm that the nededle was correctly placed.

Received for publication April 16, 1992. Accepted for publication June 18, 1992.