B-mode ultrasonic echo determination of depth of thermal injury
1986; Elsevier BV; Volume: 12; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0305-4179(86)90040-9
ISSN1879-1409
AutoresThomas L. Wachtel, George R. Leopold, Hugh A. Frank, David H. Frank,
Tópico(s)Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management
ResumoA high-resolution high-frequency prototype B-mode ultrasonic scanning device was utilized to determine the depth of burn in a pilot study of five burned patients. Comparisons with clinical evaluations and histopathological studies of burn wound biopsies of the same burned areas failed to show any substantive improvement in predicting the depth of burn by ultrasonic scanning techniques. Current ultrasonic scanning is of no practical value to the burn surgeon for differentiating precisely between the depth of a deep dermal burn and a full skin thickness thermal injury.
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