We read with interest the comments from Noventa et al. regarding the difficulty in identifying the best ‘first-line’ approach for the diagnosis of site-specific deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) of the posterior compartment. Indeed, the…
OBJECTIVE: To use office gel sonovaginography (SVG) to predict posterior deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) in women undergoing laparoscopy. METHODS: This was a multicenter prospective observational study carried out between January 2009…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate preoperative real-time dynamic transvaginal sonography (TVS) in the prediction of pouch of Douglas (POD) obliteration in women undergoing laparoscopy for suspected endometriosis. METHODS: This was a multicenter prospe…
To evaluate transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) in predicting POD obliteration in women with chronic pelvic pain, prior to laparoscopic endometriosis surgery. Ongoing, multi-centre prospective observational study (June 2009–January 2011). All wom…
Endocervicosis is a benign lesion in which endocervical mucosa develops in anatomic locations distant from the endocervical canal. Two cases of infiltrating endocervicosis of the urinary bladder were managed by laparoscopic partial cystecto…