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Table 3 F-18-FDG PET/CT results after self-locking screw insertion with PC

From: Joint-preserving palliative surgery using self-locking screws of intramedullary nail and percutaneous cementoplasty for proximal humeral metastasis in the advanced cancer patients

Number

Evaluation of self-locking screws with PC area

Pre-op. SUVmax (op. site)

Post-op. SUVmax (op. site)

Evaluation of naive bone metastasis area

Pre-op. SUVmax (naive bone metastasis)

Post-op. SUVmax (naive bone metastasis)

1

Stable

4.38

4.27

Aggravated (T9 spine)

6.69

9.73

2

Improved

6.46

2.64

Aggravated (pleura)

1.56

5.78

3

Improved

6.76

3.58

Aggravated (sternum)

1.71

6.12

4

Improved

31.92

26.71

Aggravated (right clavicle)

8.66

21.95

5

Improved

7.48

3.19

Improved (left femur)

5.19

2.36

6

Stable

3.34

3.97

Aggravated (right lung)

2.19

2.69

7

Improved

11.42

5.51

Aggravated (right humerus)

2.80

3.84

8

Aggravated

3.48

7.36

Aggravated (right 8th rib)

3.39

6.17

9

Stable

3.30

4.03

Aggravated (L2 spine)

2.68

3.94

  1. PET positron emission tomography, CT computed tomography, SUVmax maximum standardized uptake value