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Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2012; 16(03): 241-253
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1320124
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Postoperative Infection in the Foot and Ankle

Victoria O. Chan
1   Department of Radiology, Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
,
William B. Morrison
2   Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
,
Eoin C. Kavanagh
1   Department of Radiology, Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
3   Department of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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31 July 2012 (online)

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Abstract

Our discussion highlights the commonly performed surgical procedures in the foot and ankle and reviews the various imaging modalities available for the detection of infection with graphic examples to better enable radiologists to approach the radiological evaluation of postoperative infection in the foot and ankle. Discrimination between infectious and noninfectious inflammation remains a diagnostic challenge usually needing a combination of clinical assessment, laboratory investigations, and imaging studies to increase diagnostic accuracy.

Keywords

postoperative infection - ankle - foot - radiography - computed tomography - ultrasound - magnetic resonance imaging - nuclear medicine scintigraphy
 

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