Role of three-phase bone scintigraphy and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in monitoring hyperbaric oxygen therapy combined with conservative surgery for refractory osteomyelitis.

Researchers tracked changes in jaw bone infection using nuclear imaging scans before and after patients received minimally invasive surgery combined with hyperbaric oxygen therapy, finding a 90.9% cure rate and demonstrating that imaging measurements could quantify treatment effects across three different osteomyelitis types.

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