Transrectal ultrasound and the diagnosis of rectovaginal endometriosis: A prospective observational study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 445-448

  Griffiths, Anthony ^a,b   Koutsouridou, Roxani ^a   Vaughan, Sue ^a   Penketh, Richard ^a   Roberts, S Ashley ^a   Torkington, Jared ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b Mariss House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Laparoscopy; Rectovaginal; Transrectal; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTOVAGINAL ENDOMETRIOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 41649096092     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340801948318     Document Type: Article

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