Abstract Background In today's obstetric practice, induction of labour is a common procedure. Before the imaging era, favourability cervix was assessed by manual examination scored as Bishop Score. However, subjectivity and high inter- intra-observer variability are limitations this approach. This necessitates implementation an objective method assessment. We used transvaginal sonography (TVS) ...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to evaluate the accuracy of routine clinical examination (per vaginam, PV) combined with transvaginal sonography (TVS) for presurgical, non-invasive diagnosis of endometriosis. METHODS Two-hundred women with symptoms suggestive of endometriosis were prospectively assessed by PV and TVS prior to laparoscopy and radical resection of disease and histol...

Cervical ectopic pregnancy (EP) is an infrequent, life-threatening form of ectopic gestation pregnancy that implants within the endocervical canal. With the increase in use of assisted reproductive technology (ART) worldwide and more liberal use of transvaginal sonography (TVS) during early pregnancy, more cases of cervical ectopic pregnancy are being diagnosed. Early diagnosis of this conditio...

BACKGROUND The causes of female infertility are multifactorial and necessitate comprehensive evaluation including physical examination, hormonal testing, and imaging. Given the associated psychological and financial stress that imaging can cause, infertility patients benefit from a structured and streamlined evaluation. The goal of such a work up is to evaluate the uterus, endometrium, and fall...

Transvaginal sonography (TVS) is now the imaging modality of choice for the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy with overall reported sensitivities of>90%. Specific sonographic criteria exist for the diagnosis of tubal and non-tubal pregnancies including cervical and caesarean section scar pregnancies. Diagnosis is based on the visualization of an ectopic mass rather than the inability to visualize ...

The CE-TVS differs from standard transvaginal sonography in that its inclusion of intravenous injection of ultrasound contrast with a threeminute recording of time intensity curve and its offl ine analysis. Microbubbles are prepared by shaking for 45 seconds in a specially designed vial oscillator. After an antecubital intravenous line is placed, 3 μL/kg of Defi nity (Lantheus Medical Imaging, ...

We evaluated the effectiveness of color and spectral Doppler examination of the ovarian vasculature flow, using transvaginal sonography (TVS) in 65 women prior to laparoscopy due to suspected ovarian torsion. There were 15 cases of ovarian torsion. In all of them, a pathology was detected by the color and spectral Doppler examination. Of the 50 patients without torsion at laparoscopy, one had a...

Objectives: To evaluate the accuracy of transvaginal sonography (TVS) in the diagnosis of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) of the posterior compartment (rectovaginal septum, uterosacral ligaments, rectosigmoid colon, vagina) when undertaken by physicians of varying experience and to investigate if size of the nodule is relevant in influencing diagnostic accuracy. Methods: 381 patients who ...

Background To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal sonography (TVS) in infertile patients and compare its results with hysteroscopy as the gold standard. MaterialsAndMethods A total of 679 infertile women who underwent both TVS and diagnostic hysteroscopy were retrospectively investigated. TVS was performed in the mid-follicular phase (days 5-8) of their cycles. Sensitivity specific...

we are interested the article by niknejadi et al. (1) highly scientific and provocative however there seem to be a lack of clarity on some of the methodological issues; 1. in the materials and methods section, it was mentioned that: “in cases that had normal endometrial findings on transvaginal sonography (tvs), a hysteroscopy was not scheduled due to ethical considerations” whereas in the resu...