Abstract:Abstract: Objective To explore the value of real-time ultrasound elastography in the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive jaundice. Methods In this study, 40 patients with mild obstructive jaundice were collected as mild jaundice group, 40 patients with moderate obstructive jaundice as moderate jaundice group, 40 patients with severe obstructive jaundice as severe jaundice group, and 40 patients without jaundice as control group from Shaoxing People's Hospital between January 2015 and June 2016. All patients underwent real-time ultrasound elastography. Results In the patients with obstructive jaundice, real-time ultrasound elastography showed that the color distribution was uneven, the blue distribution increased with the increase of degree of jaundice, the green distribution decreased with the increased degree of jaundice. The level of total bilirubin and the percentage of blue areas in the jaundice group were higher than those in the control group (P < 0.05). The mean strain of the jaundice group was lower than that of the control group (P < 0.05). The level of total bilirubin and the percentage of blue areas in the severe jaundice group were higher than those in the moderate jaundice group and the mild jaundice group (P < 0.05). The level of total bilirubin and the percen-tage of blue areas in the moderate jaundice group were higher than those of the mild jaundice group (P <0.05). The mean strain of the severe jaundice group was lower than that of the moderate jaundice group and the mild jaundice group (P < 0.05). The mean strain of the moderate jaundice group was lower than that of the mild jaundice group (P < 0.05). In the patients with obstructive jaundice, the percentage of blue areas in the real-time ultrasound elastogram was positively correlated with total bilirubin level (P < 0.05), the mean strain was negatively correlated with total bilirubin (P < 0.05), and the total bilirubin level and the percentage of blue areas after treatment were significantly lower than those before treatment (P < 0.05). The mean value of strain after treatment was significantly higher than that before treatment (P < 0.05). Conclusions Real-time ultrasound elastography is valuable in the diagnosis, evaluation of severity of obstructive jaundice and therapeutic effect.