Just as a traveler should not begin a journey without a map nor a carpenter build a house
without a blueprint, an orthopaedic surgeon should not take a patient into the operating …

Imaging is needed for the diagnosis of bone and joint infections, determining the severity
and extent of disease, planning biopsy, and monitoring the response to treatment. Some …

Osteomyelitis continues to be a common condition in clinical practice, and even though the
clinical diagnosis in the late stages is achieved easily, an accurate early diagnosis is more …

Approximately 2 million patients are treated annually within the United States for
musculoskeletal infections. 1 Imaging is often used to establish a diagnosis and evaluate the …

Musculoskeletal soft tissue infections are not uncommonly encountered in both the clinic
and Emergency Department setting. The clinical diagnosis is not always evident as these …

This review article highlights the role of radiological and nuclear medicine techniques in
diagnosis of musculoskeletal infections with particular regard to hybrid imaging of …

Musculoskeletal soft-tissue infections include a wide range of clinical conditions that are
commonly encountered in both emergency departments and non-emergency clinical …

The diagnosis of infections associated with orthopedic implants is based on a combination
of clinical signs, laboratory findings and imaging studies. There is no gold standard imaging …

Objectives Peripheral bone infection (PBI) and prosthetic joint infection (PJI) are two different
infectious conditions of the musculoskeletal system. They have in common to be quite …

The clinical diagnosis of musculoskeletal infections can be challenging due to non-specific
signs and symptoms on presentation. These infections include infectious myositis …