lndium-111 DTP A Flow Study to Evaluate Surgically Implanted Drug Pump Delivery System
- 1 March 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Clinical Nuclear Medicine
- Vol. 15 (3) , 154-156
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-199003000-00003
Abstract
The authors describe a radionuclide technique for evaluating intrathecal and intraventricular infusions by surgically implanted drug pump delivery systems. Sixteen patients underwent flow studies, performed by injecting 500 μCi of indium-111 DTPA into the pumps. Early and delayed images were obtained. These studies enabled distinction among functioning pumps, nonfunctioning pumps, and obstructed or occluded catheters. We conclude that indium-111 DTPA flow studies provide an excellent way to assess these drug pump delivery systems.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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