title: Real-time sector compression ultrasonography v. contrast venography in femoropopliteal thrombosis.
abstract: Compression ultrasonography with a 5 MHz sector transducer was compared prospectively with contrast venography in 61 patients for the diagnosis of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) in the femoropopliteal segment (63 legs). The ultrasonographic procedure was found to be sensitive (84%) and specific (100%) in diagnosing femoropopliteal thrombosis. The results using a sector transducer are comparable with results obtained from the use of linear transducers. The wide availability of 5 MHz sector transducers in radiology departments makes compression ultrasonography a widely applicable alternative to contrast venography for diagnosis of DVT of the femoropopliteal segment. The procedure is less costly, less invasive and less time-consuming than contrast venography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ernest Oppenheimer Hospital, Welkom.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005268:Femoral Vein; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography; D011152:Popliteal Vein; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography