Histotripsy Liquefaction of Large Hematomas
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- 作者：Tatiana D. Khokhlova&lowast ; ; tdk7@uw.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Wayne L. Monsky&dagger ; ; Yasser A. Haider&Dagger ; ; Adam D. Maxwell&Dagger ; ; Yak-Nam Wang§ ; ; Thomas J. Matula§ ;
- 关键词：High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ; Histotripsy ; Boiling histotripsy ; Intramuscular hematoma ; Compartment syndrome ; Trauma ; Thrombolysis ; Fine needle aspiration
- 刊名：Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：July 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：42
- 期：7
- 页码：1491-1498
- 全文大小：1262 K
文摘
Intra- and extra-muscular hematomas result from repetitive injury as well as sharp and blunt limb trauma. The clinical consequences can be serious, including debilitating pain and functional deficit. There are currently no short-term treatment options for large hematomas, only lengthy conservative treatment. The goal of this work was to evaluate the feasibility of a high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)-based technique, termed histotripsy, for rapid (within a clinically relevant timeframe of 15–20 min) liquefaction of large volume (up to 20 mL) extra-vascular hematomas for subsequent fine-needle aspiration. Experiments were performed using in vitro extravascular hematoma phantoms—fresh bovine blood poured into 50 mL molds and allowed to clot. The resulting phantoms were treated by boiling histotripsy (BH), cavitation histotripsy (CH) or a combination in a degassed water tank under ultrasound guidance. Two different transducers operating at 1 MHz and 1.5 MHz with f-number = 1 were used. The liquefied lysate was aspirated and analyzed by histology and sized in a Coulter Counter. The peak instantaneous power to achieve BH was lower than (at 1.5 MHz) or equal to (at 1 MHz) that which was required to initiate CH. Under the same exposure duration, BH-induced cavities were one and a half to two times larger than the CH-induced cavities, but the CH-induced cavities were more regularly shaped, facilitating easier aspiration. The lysates contained a small amount of debris larger than 70 μm, and 99% of particulates were smaller than 10 μm. A combination treatment of BH (for initial debulking) and CH (for liquefaction of small residual fragments) yielded 20 mL of lysate within 17.5 minutes of treatment and was found to be most optimal for liquefaction of large extravascular hematomas.