Abstract:Objective To investigate the value of bowel contrast ultrasonography (BCUS) of the colorectal diseases, to find a simple, economical and effective colorectal screening method. Methods A total of 126 cases with pathologically-confirmed colorectal diseases underwent routine transabdominal ultrasonography (CTUS), BCUS and colonoscopy were compared. BCUS check started from rectum, cecum to rectum, were dia-gonal multi-faceted multi-slice scanning; the structure of the intestinal wall, intestinal mucosal continuity, lesion morphology, size, internal echo and activity were observed; the relationships between intestinal lesions and surrounding tissues and organs were also observed, the lesions were located. The differences in the colorectal disease detection and positioning accuracy were compared between BCUS and CTUS. Using pathological results as the gold standard, the difference in the diagnostic rate of colorectal diseases by BCUS and colonoscopy were compared. Results In the 126 patients, CTUS detected 64 lesions (64/126), the detection rate was 50.8%; BCUS detected 109 lesions (109/126), the detection rate was 86.5%; the difference in the detection rate was statistically significant (P < 0.05). BCUS coincidence rate of colorectal lesion location was 90.8% (99/109), CTUS coincidence rate of colorectal lesions was 29.6% (19/64), the difference between the two methods was statistically significant (P < 0.05). Among the 126 cases of colorectal lesions, there were 41 cases of intestinal polyps, 40 cases of colon cancers, 21 cases of Crohn's disease, 19 cases of ulcerative colitis and 5 cases of stromal tumors. BCUS and colonoscopy had no significant differences in the coincidence rates of diagnosis of various lesions (P > 0.05). Conclusions BCUS is better in colorectal lesion detection and positioning accuracy than CTUS. BCUS and colonoscopy complement can help to improve the diagnosis of colorectal diseases, and are worthy of clinical application.