Can anyone screen for deep infiltrating endometriosis with transvaginal ultrasound?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 462-468

  Piessens, Sofie ^a   Healey, Martin ^b,c   Maher, Peter ^b,d   Tsaltas, Jim ^a   Rombauts, Luk ^a,e,f  

^a SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f MONASH IVF   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bowel; Deep endometriosis; Diagnosis; Learning curve; Transvaginal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER ENDOMETRIOSIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEEP INFILTRATING ENDOMETRIOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ENDOMETRIOSIS; INTESTINE PREPARATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RECTOUTERINE POUCH; RECTOUTERINE POUCH OBLITERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKILL; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; VAGINA ENDOMETRIOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VAGINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907821374     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12242     Document Type: Article

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