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BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
卷 2021, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
HINDAWI LTD
DOI: 10.1155/2021/8834795
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资金
- Project of Science and Technology Department of Guangdong Province [2016A020216017]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81371560]
The study demonstrated the positive effect of LIPUS on bone fracture healing and found no evidence that LIPUS promotes HO formation. Ultrasonography can serve as a potential tool for monitoring the effectiveness of LIPUS therapy.
The positive effect of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) on bone fracture healing has been proved. However, during the period of LIPUS therapy, it is undetermined whether LIPUS promotes the formation of heterotopic ossification (HO), which usually occurs in muscle tissues after trauma such as bone fracture and spinal cord injury. Here, we used 6-week LIPUS therapy in a 42-year-old Chinese male patient with a fracture nonunion in combination with ultrasonography for monitoring fracture healing and HO formation. After the LIPUS therapy, the mineralized bone formation in the area of defect of the distal tibia was presented in an ultrasound image, which was consistent with the outcome of plain radiography showing callus formation and the blurred fracture line in the area exposed to LIPUS. In addition, ultrasound images revealed no evidence of HO development within soft tissues during the period of LIPUS therapy. This study suggests that ultrasonography is a potential tool to guarantee the performance of LIPUS therapy with monitoring HO formation. Easy to use, the integration of the handheld ultrasound scanner and the ultrasonic therapeutic apparatus is entirely dedicated to help orthopedists make high-quality care and diagnosis.
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