Image-Guided Focused Ultrasound Treatment of Abscesses

脓肿是感染的由脓液和细菌组成的液体集合，代表着一种 无处不在的全球医疗保健问题。它们是手术的常见后遗症，感染， 或疾病，并可影响身体的任何部位。目前的护理标准包括 住院、抗生素和用导尿管引流脓肿。其中的细菌 脓肿是高强度聚焦超声(HIFU)的敏感机械损伤， 它会产生局部空化，是一种潜在的非侵入性治疗手段 脓肿。这项建议的意义在于，使用 超声引导下的超声治疗对患者更好，因为它是 微创或非侵入性，手术痛苦较少，不需要患者活着 在插入引流管后长达数周，不需要导管管理， 没有新感染的潜在途径，也不需要CT/荧光成像辐射。 此外，超声波治疗将减少对抗生素的需求，从而减少 产生抗药性、危及生命的微生物的可能性。

Abscesses are infected walled-off fluid collections of pus and bacteria and represent a ubiquitous global healthcare problem. They are common sequelae of surgery, infections, or disease, and can affect any part of the body. Current standard of care includes hospitalization, antibiotics, and drainage of the abscess with a catheter. The bacteria in pus are susceptible mechanical damage with High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU), which generates localized cavitation and is a potential noninvasive means to treat abscesses. The significance of this proposal is that treatment of abscesses using ultrasound therapy under ultrasound guidance is better for the patient because it is minimally- or non-invasive, has less procedural pain, doesn’t require that the patient live for up to several weeks with a drain inserted, requires no catheter management, there is no potential tract for new infections, and no need for CT/fluoro imaging radiation. Furthermore, ultrasound treatment will reduce the need for antibiotics, and thus reduce the potential for drug resistant, life-threatening microbes.