Maffulli N, Thornton A
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Aberdeen Medical School, Scotland.
Injury. 1995 Jan;26(1):5-12. doi: 10.1016/0020-1383(95)90544-8.
High-resolution real-time ultrasound (US) scanning was used to monitor serially 24 patients with an acute long-bone fracture and three patients with humeral non-union, looking at the fracture site over a period of 12 months following the fracture. In both these groups, we found that US gave important information about the soft tissues surrounding the fracture site, and indicated callus formation at an early stage. US was more sensitive than conventional radiography at showing the early phases of organization of the callus, and its progression to bridging new bone formation. US also clearly showed a disorganized echopattern at the fracture site of the patients with non-union.
采用高分辨率实时超声（US）扫描对24例急性长骨骨折患者和3例肱骨骨不连患者进行了连续监测，在骨折后的12个月内观察骨折部位。在这两组患者中，我们发现超声能够提供有关骨折部位周围软组织的重要信息，并能在早期提示骨痂形成。在显示骨痂组织的早期阶段及其向桥接新骨形成的进展方面，超声比传统X线摄影更敏感。超声还清晰地显示了骨不连患者骨折部位的杂乱回声模式。
