The accuracy of the rectovaginal examination in detecting cul-de-sac disease in patients under general anaesthesia

Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1712-1715

  Dragisic, K G ^a   Padilla, L A ^b   Milad, M P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cul de sac disease; Endometriosis; Rectovaginal examination; Uterosacral nodularity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUL DE SAC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VAGINA;

EID: 0043124710     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deg350     Document Type: Article

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