Imaging Science and Photochemistry ›› 2020, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (4): 666-670.DOI: 10.7517/issn.1674-0475.191218

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The Application Value of High Frequency Color Doppler Ultrasound in the Early Diagnosis and the Evaluation of Acupuncture Effect of Knee Synovitis

LIU Liqin, WANG Aicheng, LIU Chunyan, QIN Zhenlong, TIAN Xiangdong   

  1. Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Third Affiliated Hospital, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
  • Received:2019-12-20 Online:2020-07-15 Published:2020-07-15

Abstract: To investigate the application value of high frequency color Doppler ultrasound in the early diagnosis and the evaluation of acupuncture effect of knee synovitis. 86 patients with knee synovitis were examined by high-frequency color Doppler ultrasound, to observe the high frequency color Doppler ultrasound manifestations of synovium, joint cavity effusion and articular cartilage. Reexamined the high frequency color Doppler ultrasound, after acupuncture treatment for 2 and 4 weeks. To compared the synovium thickness of knee joint, the improvement of effusion in joint cavity, VAS and LKSS scores, before and after treatment. The results showed that, synovium thickening, joint effusion and cartilage lesions existed in different degrees in all patients.After 2 weeks of treatment, the synovium thickness, joint cavity effusion and VAS scores of the patients were lower than before treatment, LKSS scores were higher than before treatment, and the above indexes after 4 weeks of treatment were better than after 2 weeks of treatment, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). High frequency color Doppler ultrasound can clearly show the types of lesions such as knee synovium thickening, joint cavity effusion and cartilage lesions. It has important clinical value for the early diagnosis of knee synovitis and the evaluation of acupuncture effect.

Key words: knee synovitis, high frequency color Doppler ultrasound, early diagnosis, efficacy evaluation