Govaert GAM, et al. - Researchers sought to establish the accuracy of white blood cell (WBC) scintigraphy for diagnosing fracture-related infections (FRIs). In addition, they investigated if the duration of the time interval between surgery and WBC scintigraphy influences its accuracy. For detecting FRIs in the peripheral skeleton, WBC scintigraphy was observed having a high diagnostic accuracy (0.92). Duration of the time interval between surgery for the initial injury and the WBC scintigraphy was found to have no impact on the results, thereby indicating WBC scintigraphy as accurate shortly after surgery.