Prospective evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of FDG-PET/CT for the detection of sternal wound infection post-sternotomy
FDG-PET/CT has modest sensitivity and specificity for the detection of DSWI post-sternotomy. FDG-PET/CT results must take into account time since surgery; when PET/CT is performed more than 3 months following surgery, a negative scan can exclude DSWI with a high level of certainty.
Authors
- Yoan Lamarche (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3277-0419)
- Matthieu Pelletier‐Galarneau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6408-0511)
- Mahin Bakhshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9240-7702)
- François Harel
- A. Cai
Institutions
- Montreal Heart Institute (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- EJNMMI Reports
- Published
- 2025-02-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s41824-024-00237-1
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.01
Funders
- Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé