J A F Huirne
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· 13 papers in corpus
observational
2025
OBJECTIVE: Adhesions between the uterus, bladder and anterior abdominal wall are associated with clinical sequelae, including chronic pelvic pain and dyspareunia, and can also yield complications during surgery. The transvaginal sonographic…
review
2025
BACKGROUND: Vasculature and blood flow play a crucial role in the genesis, diagnosis, and treatment of uterine fibroids. Assessment of the different aspects of blood flow by medical imaging has therefore gained a prominent place in the clin…
guideline
2024
BACKGROUND: Uterine niches in the Caesarean section scar are seen in approximately half of women with a history of caesarean delivery. Whilst a structured ultrasound assessment of caesarean defects has been described, there is no consensus …
review
2023
The increase in caesarean sections (CS) has resulted in an increase in women with a uterine niche. The exact aetiology of niche development has yet to be elucidated but is likely multifactorial. This study aimed to give a systematic overvie…
other
2023
BACKGROUND: Uterine disorders have clear overlapping symptoms and ultrasound discrimination is not always easy. Accurately measuring vascularity is of diagnostic and prognostic value. Power Doppler is limited to imaging only the larger vess…
review
2022
Measuring vascularization in uterine fibroids is important for their diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Vascularization can be measured by power Doppler ultrasound. The power Doppler signal depends on fibroid characteristics and on a varie…
other
2021
INTRODUCTION: Recently, the rate of caesarean sections (CS) worldwide has risen and CS-associated complications such as niche have increased substantially. Until now, evidence-based clinical guidelines for the treatment of niche-related sym…
observational
2021
BACKGROUND: Uterine fibroids present differently, from well vascularised up to calcified, with some causing heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB). OBJECTIVES: To investigate the association between fibroid vascularisation and HMB, other fibroid r…
observational
2020
STUDY QUESTION: Does a previous Caesarean section affect reproductive outcomes, including live birth, in women after IVF or ICSI? SUMMARY ANSWER: A previous Caesarean section impairs live birth rates after IVF or ICSI compared to a previou…
guideline
2019
OBJECTIVE: To generate guidance for detailed uterine niche evaluation by ultrasonography in the non-pregnant woman, using a modified Delphi procedure amongst European experts. METHODS: Twenty gynecological experts were approached through t…
guideline
2018
In 2015, the international Morphological Uterus Sonographic Assessment (MUSA) group published a consensus on which terminology to use when describing myometrial lesions seen on ultrasonography1. The use of MUSA terminology to describe ultra…
other
2015
Caesarean section (CS) results in the occurrence of the phenomenon 'niche'. A 'niche' describes the presence of a hypoechoic area within the myometrium of the lower uterine segment, reflecting a discontinuation of the myometrium at the site…
other
2013
OBJECTIVES: Sonoelastography is an ultrasound-imaging technique that measures tissue strain. The aim of this study was to define, in a systematic manner, specific sonoelastographic characteristics of the myometrium, fibroids and adenomyosis…