Silvia Ajossa

No ORCID on file · 32 papers in corpus
diagnostic-accuracy 2009
Journal of women's health (2002) ·doi:10.1089/jwh.2008.0997

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the reproducibility and the accuracy of B-mode ultrasonographic features of three different kinds of benign ovarian cysts: ovarian endometrioma, mature teratoma, and serous cyst. METHODS: Digitally stored B-mode sono…

other 2009
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.01.124
other 2009
Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine ·doi:10.7863/jum.2009.28.3.408
case-report 2009
Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine ·doi:10.7863/jum.2009.28.8.1061

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this presentation is to investigate the potential role of 3-dimensional (3D) sonography in the assessment of deep endometriosis. METHODS: Cases of deep endometriosis are presented to illustrate the spectrum of app…

diagnostic-accuracy 2008
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/den293

BACKGROUND: The aim was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal tenderness-guided ultrasonography in the identification of location of deep endometriosis. METHODS: Consecutive women scheduled for surgery in our Department for c…

diagnostic-accuracy 2007
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.12.060

OBJECTIVE: To determine the accuracy of transvaginal ultrasonography (TVUS) using a modified "tenderness-guided" approach in the diagnosis of deep endometriosis of the cul-de-sac, retrocervical region, and rectovaginal septum. DESIGN: Pros…

rct 2003
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology ·doi:10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.02040.x

Recurrence of ovarian teratomas was evaluated in a randomised trial to determine whether laparoscopic cystectomy had the same efficacy as laparotomy. Forty premenopausal non-pregnant women with a unilateral teratoma no larger than 10 cm wer…