08-08-2011, 01:47 AM
is it true that MRI is contra-indicated in if a person has a prosthetic knee?
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MRI in prosthetic knee - cancer203
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08-08-2011, 03:33 AM
yup I think so , same is true for pacemaker you can not do MRI when a patient is having heart pacemaker.
08-08-2011, 08:43 AM
You cannot use an MRI if the body part being imaged has metallic prostheses/foreign bodies. So you cannot do an MRI-head in someone with a metallic foreign body in the eye but you CAN in someone with a prosthetic knee.
Besides pacemakers, cochlear implants, insulin pumps etc are also contraindications. Hope this helps. |
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