Whole-body nuclear magnetic resonance imaging: The first report of its use in surgical practice
✍ Scribed by J. E. Pollet; F. W. Smith; J. R. Mallard; A. K. Ah-See; Anne Reid
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 178 KB
- Volume
- 68
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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✦ Synopsis
Summary
This is the first report of whole-body nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging being of value in clinical surgery. Following aortobifemoral grafting, a 54-year-old man developed a pyrexia and hypotension which did not respond to antibiotic therapy and which was thought to be caused by early graft infection. Whole-body NMR imaging showed the graft and iliac arteries to be normal and an empyema of the gallbladder to be present. NMR imaging is a safe, non-invasive technique for imaging the body in transverse sections and specifically measures the water concentration of tissues, enabling normal and inflamed tissues to be differentiated.