ULTRASOUND IMAGE CHARACTERISTICS AND VALUE OF GUIDED ULTRASOUND SYNOVIAL BIOPSY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF SYNOVIAL JOIN INFECTION

Đình Âu Hoàng1,, Thu Hà Vương 1
1 Hanoi medical university hospital

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Purposes: To evaluate the ultrasound image characteristics and the value of guided ultrasound synovial biopsy in the diagnosis of synovial join infection. Matherial and Method: The cross sectional descriptive study on the patients who had the indication and underwent the guided ultrasound synovial biopsy. Then, the synovial join infection was compared between the biopsy results and the final diagnosis to evaluate the accurate diagnosis of this method. Results: From 09/2020 to 10/2022, forty three patients who had the indication and underwent the guided ultrasound synovial biopsy at Hanoi Medical University Hospital. Among them, eighteen patient who were diagnosed synovial joint infection (bacteria and tuberculosis included) then compared between the biopsy results and the final diagnosis.The accurate of guided ultrasound synovial biopsy for the diagnosis of synovial joint infection were 94.4%. Conclusion: The guided ultrasound synovial biopsy had the high value for the diagnosis of synovial joint infection when the other methods could not provide the clear diagnosis.

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