METHOD FOR ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS OF INJURIES OF MAIN ARTERIES OF LOWER EXTREMITIES IN GUNSHOT WOUNDS Russian patent published in 2024 - IPC A61B8/06 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, namely to radiology and ultrasound diagnostics, and can be used for diagnosis of injuries of main arteries of lower extremities in gunshot wounds and determination of further surgical approach. Ultrasonic scanning of great vessels is performed on various segments of lower extremity; at that, compression test is performed with ultrasonic sensor in projection of scanned great artery. If it is impossible to compress the main artery with the sensor against the background of free compression of the adjacent main veins, it is concluded that there is no damage to the main artery at the scanning level and higher, while the reverse result in the form of free compression of the main artery by the ultrasonic sensor on the background of also compression of adjacent non-thrombosed main veins testifies to the presence of an arterial hiatus above the scanning.

EFFECT: method enables timely detection of arterial break at different levels of lower extremities with determination of indications for urgent surgical interventions for limb revascularization due to ultrasonic scanning in duplex mode with application of compression test.

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