Diagnostic accuracy of physical examination, transvaginal sonography, rectal endoscopic sonography, and magnetic resonance imaging to diagnose deep infiltrating endometriosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1825-1833

  Bazot, Marc ^a   Lafont, Clarisse ^a   Rouzier, Roman ^a   Roseau, Gilles ^b   Thomassin Naggara, Isabelle ^a   Daraï, Emile ^a  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^b Centre Chirurgical Trocadéro   (France)

Author keywords

comparative studies; deep infiltrating endometriosis; Endometriosis; laparoscopy; magnetic resonance imaging; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT BLADDER ENDOMETRIOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DEEP INFILTRATING ENDOMETRIOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE ENDOMETRIOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL ENDOSCOPIC SONOGRAPHY; RECTOSIGMOID JUNCTION ENDOMETRIOSIS; RECTOVAGINAL SEPTUM ENDOMETRIOSIS; RECTUM ENDOMETRIOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGMOID COLON ENDOMETRIOSIS; STATISTICS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTEROSACRAL LIGAMENT ENDOMETRIOSIS; VAGINAL ENDOMETRIOSIS;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70749114930     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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