Does 18F-FDG-PET/CT better localize active spinal infection than MRI for successful minimally invasive surgery?
FDG-PET/CT demonstrated limited areas of abnormality allowing accurate delineation, and is thus useful to narrow the surgical fields. Since overall diagnostic accuracy of FDG-PET/CT was superior to that of MRI, FDG-PET/CT is a useful technique to narrow the surgical field for successful less invasive surgery.
Using this new technique, the LM-DLT is inserted deeper in the left mainstem bronchus. This new landmark augments the range of movement that can be tolerated without requiring repositioning of the LM-DLT. This NT to position and to assess LM-DLT, by transparency across the wall of the tube with FOB, is better adapted to the LM-DLT and its recent modifications.