Although many patients have abnormal 99mTc-MDP avidity in the operative site after limb-sparing surgery, almost half eventually have normalization of uptake. However, planar bone scans have limited use for assessing the primary tumor site postoperatively as persistent abnormal avidity may preclude detection of changes associated with development of postoperative complications.
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