To determine the relationship between a negative ovarian sliding sign (i.e. fixed ovary) at transvaginal ultrasound (TVU) and surgical skill level required for laparoscopic endometriosis surgery, according to the Royal Australian and New Ze…
OBJECTIVE: It is well-established that there is a strong association between ovarian endometriomas (OE) and deep endometriosis (DE) and rectouterine pouch (RP) obliteration. We aimed to determine the prevalence of DE and RP obliteration in …
BACKGROUND: Ultrasound has been demonstrated to accurately diagnose rectal deep endometriosis (DE) and pouch of Douglas (POD) obliteration. The role of ultrasound in the assessment of patients who have undergone surgery for rectal DE and PO…
To determine whether a negative ovarian sliding sign is significantly associated with the need for performing laparoscopic ureterolysis and/or pelvic sidewall and bowel adhesiolysis with suspected endometriosis. Multicentre retrospective di…
The aim of this study was to determine whether a negative ovarian sliding sign at TVU may be useful for the identification of women who require laparoscopic ureterolysis and/or pelvic sidewall adhesiolysis preoperatively, that would otherwi…
The pre-operative transvaginal ultrasound based endometriosis staging system (UBESS) has been demonstrated to predict surgical skill level required for laparoscopic endometriosis surgery. This study aimed to determine whether UBESS can also…
Over recent years, there has been major advancement in the use of transvaginal ultrasound (TVU) for the pre-operative diagnosis and staging of deep endometriosis. The International Deep Endometriosis Analysis (IDEA) Consensus paper establis…
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…
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 …
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 …
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the diagnostic accuracy and interobserver agreement among sonologists when assessing offline ultrasound (US) video sets of the "sliding sign" and among gynecologic surgeons when assessing corresponding laparoscopi…
OBJECTIVE: Evaluate whether symptoms and/or transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) 'soft markers' (ovarian immobility and/or site-specific tenderness (SST)) are associated with endometriosis type/location. STUDY DESIGN: Multicenter prospective obse…
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To validate the preoperative ultrasound-based endometriosis staging system (UBESS) for predicting the correct Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) and Australasian Gynaecolo…
OBJECTIVE: Knowledge of rectouterine cul-de-sac state and consistent classification among surgeons are important in the surgical management of women with endometriosis. The objective of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy an…
Endometriosis is a common gynecological condition affecting up to 15% of the general female population. Here, we present a systematic review of imaging techniques of endometriosis. The aim of this review is to determine the most accurate si…
This is a preliminary external validation of the ultrasound-based endometriosis scoring system (UBESS). The main aim was to predict the level of complexity of laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis, based on ultrasound in order to assess it…
INTRODUCTION: The study aim was to evaluate the transvaginal sonography (TVS) "sliding sign" alone, direct visualization of the bowel with TVS, and the combination of both methods (ie "sliding sign" and direct visualization of the bowel), t…