J. Alcázar

The actual prevalence of superficial endometriosis is not known. However, it is considered as the most common subtype of endometriosis. The diagnosis of superficial endometriosis remains difficult. In fact, little is known about the ultraso…

To assess the long-term effect of Dienogest on clinical complaints and nodule's size in women affected by rectosigmoid deep endometriosis (DE). This is a single centre longitudinal prospective observational study comprising a consecutive se…

The aim of this meta-analysis is to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS) to detect parametrial endometriosis, using laparoscopy as the reference standard. A search for studies evaluating the TVS for assessi…

The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of deep endometriosis in patients without suspicion of endometrioma using an imaging technique as ultrasonography (US). We included in this observational study all patients with less than …

According to the theory of retrograde menstruation, endometriosis would be due to the existence of Müllerian anomalies (MA) causing obstruction of the menstruation outflow tract. The aim of the present study to describe endometriosis findin…

To perform a systematic review of studies comparing the diagnostic accuracy of TVS and MRI in Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis (DIE). An extensive search of papers comparing TVS and MRI in DIE was performed in Medline (Pubmed) and EMBASE fro…

To define the sonographic morphological description and localization of deep endometriosis in a preliminary consensus statement. After a preliminary request of participation, we received several suggestions from participants about definitio…