Assessment of Obstructive jaundice using ultrasound

Abstract

Obstructive jaundice is not a definitive diagnosis it occurs as a result of obstruction at the major intrahepatic or extrahepatic duct level. This study was conducted in ibn sina and suba teaching hospitals, in the period from September to December 2011. The study involved fifty patients of obstructive jaundice who were selected randomly from a population of obstructive jaundice patients. The general objective of the research is to evaluate obstructive jaundice using ultrasound. For laying out this research, the study sample were underwent abdominal ultrasound scan and the ultrasound findings were printed and these were the data concerning with the ultrasound findings, the personal details were taken through direct interview with the patients The result showed that the common affected gender is the female with specific percentage of 64% relative to the male with 36% The common affected age group is the (48-59) years old with specific percentage of 48% where as the incidence is low in the (72-83) years old with specific percentage of 2%. The researcher found that the common cause of the condition is the gall-bladder stone with specific percentage of 60% where as the ampullary cancers represents 4% of the causative agents, the tumors of the pancreas and ampulla is low among the population of the study. Obstructive jaundice is a clinical diagnosis that requires both clinical and diagnostic work up to elucidate the precise etiology. Ultrasound plays an important role in the evaluation of obstructive jaundice since it can precisely detect the intrahepatic ductal dilatation which is the hallmark of obstructive jaundice in ultrasound.