title: [Role of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in management of splenic trauma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the role of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the management of splenic trauma
  
  
  METHODS
  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).
  
  
  RESULTS
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CEUS can provide reliable information for therapy mode selection in patients with splenic trauma and can be used to guide injective therapy.
authors: Department of Ultrasound, PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China. txiner@vip.sina.com
authors: Jie
authors: J
authors: Tang
authors: Hui-Qin
authors: HQ
authors: Zhang
authors: Fa-Qin
authors: FQ
authors: Lü
authors: Wen-Xiu
authors: WX
authors: Li
authors: Yu-Kun
authors: YK
authors: Luo
authors: Tan-Shi
authors: TS
authors: Li
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D006801:Humans; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media