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General Discussion of Bone Scans: -
Bone Scans in THR: - Discussion: - evaluation of of porous coated prosthesis may require a different interpretation from cemented THR; - bone & fibrous tissue ingrowth into porous acetabular & intertrochanteric surfaces may cause findings unrelated to complications; - with loosening there is little inflammation and, therefore, the first two phases of the bone scan are normal; - even culture of material taken at operation, which microscopically shows presence of infected material, fails to grow microorganisms in up to 10% of cases;
