Fluorescent Tetracycline Labeling as an Aid to Debridement of Necrotic Bone in the Treatment of Chronic Osteomyelitis
2002; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 16; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1097/00005131-200205000-00009
ISSN1531-2291
AutoresLaurence E. Dahners, Gary D. Bos,
Tópico(s)Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine
ResumoThe authors have found that several months of preoperative tetracycline administration will label living bone so that it fluoresces under a blacklight during surgery. This allows intraoperative differentiation of viable bone from necrotic sequestra, which require removal in the treatment of chronic bone infection.
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