Duzgun Yildirim1, Baki Ekci2, Bengi Gurses3, Mutlu Sahin4, Terman Gumus5. 1. Department of Radiology, Iskenderun Military Hospital, Iskenderun, Turkey. yildirimduzgun@yahoo.com. 2. Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey. 3. Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey. 4. Department of General Surgery, Iskenderun Military Hospital, Iskenderun, Turkey. 5. Department of Radiology, VKV American Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Power Doppler ultrasonography (PD-US) is a motion-sensitive modality that can display flow characteristics regardless of the direction. This increased motion sensitivity can be used as a parameter to show the tissue motion on artificially generated fremitus images. This study aimed to confirm any signs of incarceration in abdominal wall hernias proven by herniorrhaphy by examination with dynamic PD-US (during manual compression-decompression maneuvers). METHODS: Twenty-seven patients with anterior abdominal wall hernia with a narrow neck (<1 cm in diameter) were examined firstly with gray-scale ultrasonography (GS-US), and then with dynamic PD-US. Two independent radiologists, who were blinded to the real-time images showing the orientation and motion of the hernia neck, completed the examinations. These images were evaluated for any signs of incarceration, as well as the orientation of the hernia neck. RESULTS: Orientations of the hernia neck were not described on GS-US images in 13 lesions and on dynamic PD-US images in 3 lesions. While the GS-US examination revealed incarcerated hernia in four of the patients, the dynamic PD-US examination revealed an additional seven patients with symptoms associated with incarceration. CONCLUSION: Dynamic PD-US may show the orientation of the hernia neck and any sign of incarceration more accurately and clearly than conventional GS-US. Being informed about these features preoperatively is of utmost importance. Thus, anterior abdominal wall hernias should be examined by dynamic PD-US.
PURPOSE: Power Doppler ultrasonography (PD-US) is a motion-sensitive modality that can display flow characteristics regardless of the direction. This increased motion sensitivity can be used as a parameter to show the tissue motion on artificially generated fremitus images. This study aimed to confirm any signs of incarceration in abdominal wall hernias proven by herniorrhaphy by examination with dynamic PD-US (during manual compression-decompression maneuvers). METHODS: Twenty-seven patients with anterior abdominal wall hernia with a narrow neck (<1 cm in diameter) were examined firstly with gray-scale ultrasonography (GS-US), and then with dynamic PD-US. Two independent radiologists, who were blinded to the real-time images showing the orientation and motion of the hernia neck, completed the examinations. These images were evaluated for any signs of incarceration, as well as the orientation of the hernia neck. RESULTS: Orientations of the hernia neck were not described on GS-US images in 13 lesions and on dynamic PD-US images in 3 lesions. While the GS-US examination revealed incarcerated hernia in four of the patients, the dynamic PD-US examination revealed an additional seven patients with symptoms associated with incarceration. CONCLUSION: Dynamic PD-US may show the orientation of the hernia neck and any sign of incarceration more accurately and clearly than conventional GS-US. Being informed about these features preoperatively is of utmost importance. Thus, anterior abdominal wall hernias should be examined by dynamic PD-US.
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Keywords:
Fremitus; Hernia; Incarceration; Power Doppler ultrasonography
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