scholarly journals To determine the optimal ultrasonographic screening method for rectal/rectosigmoid deep endometriosis: Ultrasound “sliding sign,” transvaginal ultrasound direct visualization or both?

2018 ◽  
Vol 97 (11) ◽  
pp. 1287-1292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon Reid ◽  
Mercedes Espada ◽  
Chuan Lu ◽  
George Condous
2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (s1) ◽  
pp. 92-93
Author(s):  
M. León ◽  
J. Alcazar ◽  
H. Vaccaro ◽  
J. Martinez ◽  
J. Gutierrez ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 1170-1176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott W. Young ◽  
Nirvikar Dahiya ◽  
Maitray D. Patel ◽  
Mauricio S. Abrao ◽  
Javier F. Magrina ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meritxell Gracia ◽  
Cristian de Guirior ◽  
Marta Valdés-Bango ◽  
Mariona Rius ◽  
Cristina Ros ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Deep endometriosis (DE) occurs in 15–30% of patients with endometriosis and is associated with concomitant adenomyosis in around 49% of cases. There are no data about the effect of the presence of adenomyosis in terms of surgical outcomes and complications. Thus, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the impact of adenomyosis on surgical complications in women with deep endometriosis undergoing laparoscopic surgery. Methods A retrospective cohort study including women referred to the endometriosis unit of a referral teaching hospital. Two expert sonographers preoperatively diagnosed DE and adenomyosis. DE was defined according to the criteria of the International Deep Endometriosis Analysis group. Adenomyosis was considered when 3 or more ultrasound criteria of the Morphological Uterus Sonographic Assessment group were present. Demographical variables, current medical treatment, symptoms, DE location, surgical time, hospital stay and difference in pre and post hemoglobin levels were collected. The Clavien-Dindo classification was used to assess surgical complications, and multivariate analysis was performed to compare patients with and without adenomyosis. Results 157 DE patients were included into the study; 77 (49.05%) had adenomyosis according to transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) and were classified in the A group, and 80 (50.95%) had no adenomyosis and were classified in the noA group. Adenomyosis was associated with a higher rate of surgical complications: 33.76% (A group) vs. 12.5% (noA group) (p < 0.001). Multivariate analysis showed a 4.56-fold increased risk of presenting complications in women with adenomyosis (CI: 1.9–11.3; p = 0.001) independently of undergoing hysterectomy. There was a statistically significant association between the number of criteria of adenomyosis present in each patient and the proportion of patients presenting surgical complications (p < 0.001). Conclusions Adenomyosis increases the risk of presenting complications in DE surgery after controlling for demographic, clinical and surgical factors and should be considered an independent preoperative risk factor of surgical complications.


2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 337-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Gilmar Amaral de Oliveira ◽  
Vanessa Bonfada ◽  
Janice de Fátima Pavan Zanella ◽  
Janaina Coser

Abstract Endometriosis is characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus. When endometrial implants penetrate more than 5 mm into the peritoneum, the condition is referred to as deep pelvic endometriosis. Although laparoscopy is the gold standard test to establish a diagnosis of deep endometriosis, transvaginal ultrasound represents an alternative that can contribute to detection of the disease, because it is an accessible, low-cost, noninvasive examination that allows preoperative planning in cases requiring surgical treatment. However, in clinical practice, transvaginal ultrasound is still not widely used as the first-line examination in suspected cases of endometriosis. This essay describes the findings of deep endometriosis on transvaginal ultrasound, in order to disseminate knowledge of the utility of the technique for the diagnosis of this disease.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Murphy ◽  
Alison Deslandes

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