PubMed · 10510823
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R Bares. 1999. [Guidelines for bone scintigraphy].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10510823/
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A questionnaire containing 15 simulated referrals for orthopedic specialist treatment was distributed to physicians in charge of determining priority. They were asked to consider each referral in a normal way and grade them in order of priority. The results overall showed great divergence; units with longer waiting lists assigned the patients lower priority than did units with short waiting lists. There is a pressing need for national guidelines in order to improve the referral sheet as an instrument of communication.
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Hip pain is likely to be due to a local or regional bone disease when the hip joint is painless and of normal mobility by physical examination. Targeting the right diagnosis is easy in a patient affected by bone disease (osteoporosis, Paget's disease) or when the background of the patient is suggestive (malignancy, pregnancy). However it could be more tricky in most cases: transient osteoporosis of the hip, bone fissures, Paget's coxopathy, and tumoral cell osteolysis of bones surrounding the hip are the main causes, in addition to femoral head osteonecrosis, which is detailed in another chapter.