Bone scans find pain source in cerebral palsy patients

April 1, 2008 Bone scans find pain source in cerebral palsy patients CLINICAL ADVANCES James Brice -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Whole-body technetium-99m bone scans are helping orthopedic surgeons locate the source of unexplained pain for children with cerebral palsy who cannot describe where their discomfort resides. A retrospective study published in the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics (2008;28[1]:112-117) determined that three-phase whole-body bone scans helped positively identify the source of pain for 53% of 45 patients whose ages ranged from three to 20 years.

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