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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik dermatologii i venerologii</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik dermatologii i venerologii</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник дерматологии и венерологии</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">0042-4609</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-6294</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Rossijskoe Obschestvo Dermatovenerologov i Kosmetologov</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">16853</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.25208/vdv16853</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ORIGINAL STUDIES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>НАУЧНЫЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Possibilities of elastography for assessing the stiffness of post-traumatic scars in the process of complex treatment</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Возможности эластографии для оценки жесткости посттравматических рубцов в процессе комплексного лечения</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9909-356X</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">1724-6729</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Iurchenko</surname><given-names>Kristina S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Юрченко</surname><given-names>Кристина Станиславовна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>врач</p></bio><email>kristina23237@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0254-7048</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">2938-8820</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Shanina</surname><given-names>Natalia A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Шанина</surname><given-names>Наталья Александровна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, Cand. Sci. (Med.)</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>к.м.н.</p></bio><email>shanina_n@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6989-9363</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">1367-5580</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Patrushev</surname><given-names>Alexander V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Патрушев</surname><given-names>Александр Владимирович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.)</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>д.м.н.</p></bio><email>alexpat2@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6773-9713</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">6002-2766</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kovlen</surname><given-names>Denis V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Ковлен</surname><given-names>Денис Викторович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>д.м.н., доцент</p></bio><email>denis.kovlen@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9458-0872</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">2287-5062</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Samtsov</surname><given-names>Alexey V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Самцов</surname><given-names>Алексей Викторович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>д.м.н., профессор</p></bio><email>avsamtsov@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Military Hospital No. 442</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Военный клинический госпиталь № 442</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Kirov Military Medical Academy</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Военно-медицинская академия имени С.М. Кирова</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff3"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Almazov National Medical Research Center</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный медицинский исследовательский центр имени В.А. Алмазова</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff4"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Albrecht Federal Scientific and Educational Center for Medical and Social Expertise and Rehabilitation</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Федеральный научно-образовательный центр медико-социальной экспертизы и реабилитации имени Г.А. Альбрехта</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="preprint" iso-8601-date="2025-04-21" publication-format="electronic"><day>21</day><month>04</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-06-10" publication-format="electronic"><day>10</day><month>06</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>101</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>66</fpage><lpage>74</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2024-11-19"><day>19</day><month>11</month><year>2024</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2025-04-03"><day>03</day><month>04</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Iurchenko K.S., Shanina N.A., Patrushev A.V., Kovlen D.V., Samtsov A.V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Юрченко К.С., Шанина Н.А., Патрушев А.В., Ковлен Д.В., Самцов А.В.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Iurchenko K.S., Shanina N.A., Patrushev A.V., Kovlen D.V., Samtsov A.V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Юрченко К.С., Шанина Н.А., Патрушев А.В., Ковлен Д.В., Самцов А.В.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://vestnikdv.ru/jour/article/view/16853">https://vestnikdv.ru/jour/article/view/16853</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p><bold>Background. </bold>Elastography is a modern variant of ultrasound imaging, which allows to study the mechanical properties of tissue. Given the urgency of the problem of treatment of posttraumatic scars, the study of their objective characteristics is of scientific and practical interest.</p> <p><bold>Aims. </bold>To investigate the use of shear wave elastography as a tool for quantitative assessment and visualization of stiffness of posttraumatic scars in the process of complex treatment.</p> <p><bold>Methods. </bold>A prospective open clinical study was conducted between December 2023 and May 2024. The state of posttraumatic scars was studied using ultrasound in shear wave elastography mode in the process of complex treatment with laser technology and carboxytherapy. Clinically unchanged contralateral skin areas served as a control. Clinical indices of scar lesions severity and dermatologic quality of life index were calculated in parallel with elastography indices.</p> <p><bold>Results. </bold>45 people diagnosed with post-traumatic scars were included in the study. In comparison with normal skin, significant differences in tissue stiffness were obtained according to shear wave elastography, which persisted throughout the study. An increasing decrease in the stiffness of scar tissues in the process of complex treatment was registered, and significant differences in comparison with the initial level were obtained already after 1 month (<italic>p</italic> &lt; 0,001). Elastography values correlate with the clinical index of POSAS scar assessment performed by the doctor (before treatment <italic>r</italic><italic><sub>s</sub></italic> = 0.36; <italic>p </italic>= 0.016; after treatment <italic>r</italic><italic><sub>s</sub></italic> = 0.35; <italic>p</italic> = 0.017), partially (only after treatment) with the Stony Brook scale (<italic>r</italic><italic><sub>s</sub></italic> = –0.36; <italic>p</italic> = 0.015). No correlations were obtained with the Vancouver scale and POSAS in patient performance.</p> <p><bold>Conclusion.</bold><bold><italic> </italic></bold>Ultrasound in the mode of shear wave elastography is reasonable to use for objective assessment of scar condition in the course of treatment.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p><bold>Обоснование. </bold>Эластография — современный вариант ультразвуковой визуализации, который позволяет исследовать механические свойства ткани. С учетом актуальности проблемы лечения посттравматических рубцов изучение их объективных характеристик представляет научный и практический интерес.</p> <p><bold>Цель исследования.</bold> Изучить использование эластографии сдвиговой волны в качестве инструмента для количественной оценки и визуализации жесткости посттравматических рубцов в процессе комплексного лечения.</p> <p><bold>Методы.</bold> Проведено проспективное открытое клиническое исследование в период с декабря 2023 по май 2024 г. Исследовалось состояние посттравматических рубцов с помощью УЗИ в режиме эластографии сдвиговой волны в процессе комплексного лечения с применением лазерных технологий и карбокситерапии. Контролем служили клинически неизмененные контралатеральные участки кожи. Параллельно с показателями эластографии проводился расчет клинических индексов тяжести рубцовых поражений и дерматологического индекса качества жизни.</p> <p><bold>Результаты.</bold> В исследование было включено 45 человек с диагнозом «посттравматические рубцы». В сравнении с нормальной кожей получены значимые различия в жесткости тканей по данным эластографии сдвиговой волны, которые сохранялись на протяжении всего исследования. Зафиксировано нарастающее снижение жесткости рубцовых тканей в процессе комплексного лечения, при этом значимые различия в сравнении с исходным уровнем получены уже через 1 месяц (<italic>p</italic> &lt; 0,001). Показания эластографии коррелируют с клиническим индексом оценки рубцов POSAS в исполнении врача (до лечения <italic>r</italic><italic><sub>s</sub></italic><sub> </sub>= 0,36; <italic>p</italic> = 0,016; после лечения <italic>r</italic><italic><sub>s </sub></italic>= 0,35; <italic>p</italic> = 0,017), частично (только после лечения) — со шкалой Stony Brook (<italic>r</italic><italic><sub>s</sub></italic><sub> </sub>= –0,36; <italic>p</italic> = 0,015). Взаимосвязей с Ванкуверской шкалой и POSAS в исполнении пациента получено не было.</p> <p><bold>Заключение. </bold>УЗИ в режиме<bold> </bold>эластографии сдвиговой волны целесообразно использовать для объективной оценки состояния рубцов в процессе лечения.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>shear wave elastography</kwd><kwd>skin ultrasound</kwd><kwd>posttraumatic scars</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>эластография сдвиговой волны</kwd><kwd>УЗИ кожи</kwd><kwd>посттравматические рубцы</kwd><kwd>жёсткость рубца</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Wells PN, Liang HD. Medical ultrasound: imaging of soft tissue strain and elasticity. J R Soc Interface. 2011;8(64):1521–1549. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0054</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Ambroziak M, Pietruski P, Noszczyk B, Paluch L. 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