Using PET/CT Bone Scan Dynamic Data to Evaluate Tibia Remodeling When a Taylor Spatial Frame Is Used: Short and Longer Term Differences

Table 1

Patient description (N/A means not applicable).

Patient	Age	Sex	Days first PET/CT	Days second PET/CT	Reason	Resolution	Days TSF applied
P1	64	M	274	N/A	Refracture in segmental tibial left	TSF extraction	328
P1	64		43	146	New TSF as fractures not healing		168
P1	64	M	374	400	New fracture between former two	Former two fractures remodeling	N/A
P2	36	M	135	N/A	Pseudarthrosis right lower leg	TSF extraction healed	211
P3	52	M	40	84	Fracture healing in left leg		167
P4	44	M	50	122	Pseudarthrosis right lower leg		161
P5	35	M	43	85	Genu varum, pseudoachondroplasia		182
P6	17	F	52	94	Reduction malformation right leg		345
P7	31	M	48	129	Osteomyelitis right lower leg fracture	Leg amputated, continued infection	226
P8	28	M	60	184	Pseudarthrosis left lower leg	Patient did not heal, new operation	N/A
P8	28	M	288	363	Reoperated no new TSF was applied	TSF extraction healed, dancing	413
P9	45	F	50	91	Nonunion/pseudarthrosis distal tibia/pilon fracture right distal tibia	CT, nonunion, plane film X-ray not seen. Low 50-day uptake should have prompted revision	N/A
P9	45	F	224	294	Reoperated no new TSF was applied	TSF extraction healed	355
P10	33	M	42	90	Fracture varus deformity + lengthening		106
P11	68	F	43	87	Wound autologous bone grafting		156
P12	35	M	48	104	Severe bow deformities of tibiae		151
P13	30	M	44	89	Varus deformity and lengthening		100
P14	21	F	48	94	Genu valgum, valgus deformity		115
P15	52	M	52	93	Pseudoarthrosis, osteotomy	Patient not remodeling as expected	N/A
P15	52	M	148	N/A	Reoperated no new TSF was applied	Ongoing TSF with ultrasound of bone	N/A
P16	40	M	145	184	Proximal tibia fracture, varus deformity, original scan delayed	TSF extraction healed, returned for a second scan 35 after removal	149
P17	70	M	48	82	Comminuted distal tibial fracture	TSF extraction healed	147
P18	29	M	44	83			199