Mathew Leonardi

We aimed to assess the knowledge of the lay general population regarding the utility and availability of tools to diagnosis endometriosis, with special attention on ultrasound. An international cross-sectional e-mail survey study was perfor…

Considered an advanced surgical skill, ureterolysis is necessary to ensure safe surgical treatment of endometriosis. The objective of this study was to develop a decision tree model to predict the need for ureterolysis during laparoscopy fo…

(Abstracted from J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2020;27:390–407) Endometriosis is an inflammatory disease characterized by endometrium-like lesions outside the uterus. Pelvic pain and infertility are hallmarks of the disorder.

Women with infertility are often investigated with saline-infusion sonohysterography and hysterosalpingo-contrast-sonography. The high prevalence of endometriosis in this population also warrants an evaluation with transvaginal ultrasound f…

We believe the uterosacral ligaments (USLs) are an essential key to resolving the dilemma of diagnosing endometriosis non-invasively. This editorial will utilise laparoscopic and ultrasonographic figures and videos, along with written descr…

OBJECTIVE: Deep endometriosis transvaginal ultrasound (DE TVS) is accurate in the detection of ovarian endometriosis and DE; however, realisation of its full potential and utilisation remains variable. As such, patients may require a two-st…

BACKGROUND: The aetiology and pathogenesis of endometriosis are still under investigation. There is evidence that there is a complex bidirectional interaction between endometriosis and the microbiome. OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the…

We aim to demonstrate whether the WERF EPHect questionnaire can be used as a triaging tool to determine which women, based upon symptoms, are more likely to have ovarian and posterior compartment endometriosis on ultrasound. Prospective obs…

Saline-infusion sonoPODography (SPG) is a novel ultrasound procedure that involves introducing fluid into the pouch of Douglas (POD) via the uterus and tubes to create an acoustic window and enhanced contrast between tissues in the posterio…

We believe the proposed USL-DE classification system provides a simple and standardised approach to describe such lesions, which may prove to assist sonologists and surgeons in their ability to predict ureteral involvement and/or the need t…

We have read the article entitled “Laparoscopic treatment of endometriosis and predictors of major complications: a retrospective cohort study” by Clark et al1 with great interest. It has been reported that major complications following lap…

Pouch of Douglas (POD) obliteration can be predicted with a high degree of certainty in patients with symptoms of endometriosis using transvaginal ultrasound (TVS). Studies on POD obliteration and the sliding sign, as part of an expert-guid…

We aim to evaluate and compare the diagnostic accuracy of deep endometriosis transvaginal ultrasound (DE TVS) in the presence and absence of ovarian endometriomas (OEs). This was a multicentre observational study of prospectively collected …

Our primary goal was to compare how obstetrician-gynecologists (OBGYNs) in four English-speaking regions (Australia/New Zealand (ANZ), Canada (CAN), United Kingdom (UK) and United States (US)) think of and use transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) …

Deep endometriosis transvaginal ultrasound (DE TVS) is accurate in the detection of ovarian and DE; however, realisation of its full potential and utilisation remains variable. As such, patients may require a two-step approach (diagnostic f…

To externally and temporally validate the ultrasound-based endometriosis staging system (UBESS) to predict the level of complexity of laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis. A multicentre retrospective diagnostic accuracy study was carried …