CONTEXT Dyad practice may be as effective as individual practice during clinical skills training, improve students' confidence, and reduce costs of training. However, there is little evidence that dyad training is non-inferior to single-student practice in terms of skills transfer. OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of simulation-based ultrasound training in pair...

We showed the utility of first trimester ultrasonography before 11 weeks of gestation for antenatal followup. We retrospectively analyzed 1295 records of patients who underwent first trimester ultrasonography (transvaginal/abdominal) in our antenatal clinic in Ankara, Turkey. Maternal age, parity, gestational age, and maternal gestational history were compared with ultrasonographic findings. Pa...

a 35 year-old woman at 7-week gestational age was referred to our hospital. the patient was diagnosed with the heterotopic interstitial pregnancy by transvaginal ultrasonography after receiving in vitro fertilization (ivf) and embryo transfer. laparoscopic excision and curettage was successfully performed at 8.4-gestational age under general anesthesia and the patient was discharged 2 days afte...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the cervical length by means of transvaginal ultrasonography in a population of healthy pregnant women, developing a normality curve in the period between the 20th and 34th gestational weeks. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Cross sectional study involving 145 healthy singleton pregnancies with healthy fetuses between 20 and 34 weeks of gestation, evaluated at the units of ultrason...

Tamoxifen is a widely used in anti-oestrogen treatment of breast cancer. Previous reports showed that tamoxifen is associated with proliferative endometrial lesions. We herein reported an unusual case of concurrent hyperplastic lesions in the uterine cavity and right ovary in a 45-year-old woman with tamoxifen therapy. Regular vaginal ultrasonography showed the progressive endometrial thickenin...

Background: When the benefits to mother or foetus outweigh risks of continuing pregnancy, such as post-dated preeclampsia, foetal growth restriction, induction labour is indicated. Induction performed in approximately 20% all pregnancies, and successful has been linked cervical characteristics, 'ripeness.' However, Bishop score's assessment cervix's "favorability" prior initiation very subjecti...

Background: Objective of current study was to evaluate cervical length by transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasonography at 14-24 weeks of gestation in asymptomatic women for predicting women at risk of preterm delivery and to find out the one method which is more accurate of the two. Methods: Fifty one women were enrolled in this prospective study. Women with cervical incompetence, multiple g...

OBJECTIVE To determine the acceptability of transvaginal ultrasonography (TVU) and associated factors among Nigerian women. METHOD A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 3137 women who presented for transabdominal ultrasound scan between August and November 2010 in two referral hospitals in Nigeria. Data were obtained using a questionnaire. Descriptive and multivariate analysis was perf...