Postoperative changes after surgical mesh hernia repair: a pitfall in interpretation of 18F-FDG PET-CT

Tima Davidson,Eyal Klang,Elinor Goshen,Jeffrey Goldstein,M. Khaikin,Bar Chikman,Simona Ben-Haim

Postoperative changes after surgical mesh hernia repair: a pitfall in interpretation of 18F-FDG PET-CT

2017

Tima Davidson
Eyal Klang
Elinor Goshen
Jeffrey Goldstein
M. Khaikin
Bar Chikman
Simona Ben-Haim

Objective A number of case reports have demonstrated FDG uptake around mesh prostheses after hernia repair surgery. This study characterizes FDG PET-CT findings after hernia repair with synthetic mesh in a series of cancer patients.

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Hernia repair
General surgery
Surgery
Radiology
Cancer
Surgical mesh
Medicine
Hernia
PET-CT
Abdominal surgery
fdg pet ct
Retrospective cohort study
Positron emission tomography

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