Radiation synovectomy with 166Ho-ferric hydroxide: A first experience

S Ofluoglu, E Schwameis, H Zehetgruber… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2002 - Soc Nuclear Med
Radiation synovectomy (RS) is indicated when conventional pharmacologic treatment of
chronic synovitis has not relieved its symptoms. The use of radionuclides that are bound to …

Distribution of Radiation in Synovectomy of the Knee with 166Ho-FHMA Using Image Fusion

J Vuorela, T Kauppinen, T Sokka - Cancer biotherapy & …, 2005 - liebertpub.com
Background: Radiation synovectomy is an effective technique for the treatment of chronic
synovitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and is an alternative for surgical …

Experimental radiation synovectomy in rabbit knee with holmium-166 ferric hydroxide macroaggregate

O Mäkelä, P Penttilä, E Kolehmainen, A Sukura… - Nuclear medicine and …, 2002 - Elsevier
Holmium-166 ferric hydroxide macroaggregate (Ho-166 FHMA) particles possess two
important properties for radiosynovectomy; relatively short half-life of the radioisotope and …

Preparation of Holmium-166 Labelled Macroaggregates for radionuclide synovectomy

M Kropáček, F Melichar, K Henková… - Nuclear Medicine …, 2003 - journals.viamedica.pl
BACKGROUND: Radionuclide synovectomy (radiation synovectomy) is an alternative
method that cures patients with rheumatoid arthritis diseases without surgery. During …

[HTML][HTML] 188Re radiopharmaceuticals for radiosynovectomy: evaluation and comparison of tin colloid, hydroxyapatite and tin-ferric hydroxide macroaggregates

E Savio, MC Ures, P Zeledón, V Trindade… - BMC Nuclear …, 2004 - Springer
Background Radiosynovectomy is a therapy used to relieve pain and inflammation from
rheumatoid arthritis and related diseases. In this study three 188 Re particulate compounds …

Therapeutic application of dysprosium-165-FHMA in the treatment of rheumatoid knee effusions

RJ English, M Zalutsky, P Venkatesan… - Journal of nuclear …, 1986 - Soc Nuclear Med
Radiation synovectomy utilizing a variety of radionuclides has proven to be an effective
technique in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. The recent introduction of the short-lived …

Preparation and studies with 90Y-labelled particles for use in radiation synovectomy

U Pandey, A Mukherjee, PR Chaudhary… - Applied Radiation and …, 2001 - Elsevier
90Y-FHMA (Ferric hydroxide macroaggregates) and 90Y-HA (hydroxyapatite) were
prepared in> 95% yield using 90Y from an in-house 90Sr–90Y generator. Most of the …

Rhenium-188 labeled hydroxyapatite and rhenium-188 sulfur colloid

KG Grillenberger, S Glatz… - Nuklearmedizin …, 1997 - thieme-connect.com
Aim: One therapeutic approach to rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory arthropathies
besides surgical removal of inflamed synovium is radiation synovectomy using beta-emitting …

Monitoring of the biodistribution and biokinetics of dysprosium-165 ferric hydroxide with a shadow-shield whole-body counter

C Pirich, U Prüfert, E Havlik, E Schwarmeis… - European journal of …, 1997 - Springer
Radiation synovectomy is indicated when conventional pharmacological treatment of
chronic synovitis has proved insufficient. In these cases dysprosium-165 ferric hydroxide …

Applied radioactivity in radiation synovectomy with [188Re] rhenium sulfide suspension

P Li, J Yu, G Chen, X Jiang, Z Tang… - Nuclear medicine …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Background Early experience demonstrated absorbed dose in radiation synovectomy is
about 100 Gy. For reaching this dose, the applied radioactivity should be calculated. Method …