دراسة مقارنة ما بين الايكو دوبلر الملون و التصوير الوريدي في تشخيص التهاب الوريد الخثري العميق في الطرف السفلي

This study took place at Al-Assad University Hospital between 2004-2005 in Lattakia. The study included /94/ patients who were admitted to hospital because they showed symptoms that raised suspicion of them suffering from deep venous thrombosis (DVT). All patients did underwent two diagnostic radiological procedures: 1. Ultrasound scanning by dopplersonography and color dopplersonography (US). 2. Venography (VG). The aim of the study was to compare US with VG, and to emphasize the role of ultrasound in diagnosis and follow up of DVT, since it is safe, non-traumatic,accurate inexpensive, can be repeated easily, and does not expose the patient to risk of contrast injection and X-ray exposure. By comparing the results of US examination with those of VG examination, the following conclusions were reached: 1. The equivalence of US and VG in diagnosing DVT at the iliac-femoral and femoral-popliteal levels. 2. The superiority of VG over US in diagnosing DVT at the level of calf veins. 3. The superiority of US over VG in diagnosing other diseases which affect the lower limb (heamatoma, baker's cyst rupture, cellulites, etc.), and imitate DVT.