T. Bourne

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the accuracy of transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS) for the detection of ectopic pregnancies (EPs) in women undergoing surgery for presumed ectopic pregnancy. METHODS: A prospective, observational study. Women were d…

To develop transvaginal ultrasound scan (TVS) based “soft markers” to improve the definition of a normal scan in women undergoing diagnostic laparoscopy for chronic pelvic pain (CPP). 120 consecutive patients had TVS 1–2 weeks before diagno…

To assess what factors in a patients history and which transvaginal ultrasound findings are most predictive of pathology in women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP). Prospective study. 120 consecutive women with CPP completed a questionnaire de…

To detect the presence and location of endometriosis in women undergoing diagnostic laparoscopy for chronic pelvic pain (CPP). Prospective study. 120 consecutive women with CPP had TVS 1–2 weeks before laparoscopy. All patients had a negati…

Surgical intervention has advanced with the development of minimal access surgical techniques for use in the office and on an outpatient basis to manage common gynaecological conditions. Transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) has had a major impact …

To investigate the transvaginal ultrasound findings in women diagnosed with moderate to severe pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in a genitourinary medicine clinic (GUM). Prospective study. This study involved 31 consecutive women seen in a…

Adnexal cysts are common incidental findings in women of a reproductive age. 7% of asymptomatic premenopausal women have cysts > 25 mm. The vast majority are functional and an interval scan at 6 weeks demonstrates resolution. Endometriomas …

To evaluate the accuracy, user variability and impact of experience on the subjective assessment of transvaginal based soft markers in the evaluation of women with chronic pelvic pain undergoing laparoscopy. Prospective study. 38 consecutiv…

OBJECTIVES: The evaluation of the predictive value of transvaginal ultrasound in the assessment of benign adnexal pathology in premenopausal women, based on the recognition of characteristic morphologic patterns particular to endometriotic …

PURPOSE: To evaluate whether a simplified infertility investigation protocol, focusing on the use of hysterocontrast sonography (HyCoSy), one blood test, and a semen analysis, would be sufficient as an initial screening test to select coupl…

OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to examine the role of hysterosalpingocontrast sonography (HyCoSy) as a screening test for endometrial and tubal pathology at the start of the infertility investigation protocol. METHODS: HyCoSy…

BACKGROUND: Nitric oxide is a potent vasodilator and is involved in several physiological events during the female reproductive cycle. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the acute effects of a nitric oxide donor on ultrasoun…

OBJECTIVE: To determine if women who have undergone transcervical resection of the endometrium can be treated safely with estrogens alone. METHODS: Sixty-two postmenopausal women who had undergone endometrial resection were recruited into …

The objective of this study was to identify whether the endometrial thickness, or the anteroposterior diameter of the uterus as assessed by transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS), could be used to predict the clinical outcome following transcer…

The aim of the study reported here was to establish complementary data for changes in uterine size, echogenicity and vascularity during the menstrual cycle relative to a positive self-test for urinary luteinizing hormone (LH) and day 1 of n…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the value of transvaginal ultrasonography with colour blood flow imaging in detecting early ovarian cancer in women with a family history of the disease. DESIGN: Study of self referred symptomless women with a close re…