Role of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in management of splenic trauma / 中国医学科学院学报

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the role of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the management of splenic trauma</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Forty patients with splenic trauma underwent CEUS examination and then different management were provided according to the examination results and the general status of patients conservative treatment (group I, n = 19); CEUS-guided injective therapy (group II, n = 6); and surgery (group III, n = 15).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Eighteen patients were cured in group I and one patient experienced rehaemorrhagia. The haemostatic effect of CEUS-guided injective therapy was obvious in all six patients in group II. Among them, one patient experienced arteriovenous fistula, which was resolved after one week of injective therapy. Fifteen patients in Group III underwent surgery and were cured.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>CEUS can provide reliable information for therapy mode selection in patients with splenic trauma and can be used to guide injective therapy.</p>