Assessment of salivary gland function in patients after successful kidney transplantation using Tc-99m-pertechnetate salivary gland scintigraphy

ÖRSAL E., Seven B., Keles M., AYAN A. K., ÇANKAYA E., Ozkan O.

HELLENIC JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE, cilt.16, sa.2, ss.107-110, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Dergi Adı: HELLENIC JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.107-110
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Salivary gland scintigraphy, Technetium-99m pertechnetate, Salivary function, Renal transplantation, DIALYSIS
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Chronic renal failure and its treatment can induce oral health problems and salivary glands dysfunction. The purpose of this study was to assess salivary glands function in patients with kidney transplantation using technetium-99m pertechnetate (Tc-99m-P) salivary glands scintigraphy. We prospectively studied 34 patients with kidney transplantation (30 males and 4 females,mean age 39.76 +/- 11.6 years) and 28 healthy controls (12 males and 16 females, mean age 36.1 +/- 9.5 years). Salivary gland scintigraphy was performed nearly 4.4 +/- 2.9 years after successful kidney transplantation. Dynamic salivary glands scintigraphy was performed during 25min after the intravenous administration of 185MBq of Tc-99m-P. Time-activity curves and glands functional parameters were calculated for the parotid and submandibular salivary glands: uptake ratio, maximum accumulation of the radionuclide, and excretion fraction. Statistical analysis of the functional parameters showed no significant differences between patients with kidney transplantation and healthy controls (P>0.05). In conclusion, this study showed that using Tc-99m-P salivary gland scintigraphy, salivary glands function of patients with successful kidney transplantation do not differ statistically from those in healthy controls.