N. Stamatopoulos

Haematogenous or direct spread of bacterial infection causing pelvic inflammatory disease of the upper female reproductive tract is uncommon. We report a diagnostically challenging case of a 41-year-old woman with a background of Stage 4 en…

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether gynecologic surgical trainees (fellows) can become competent in the real-time classification of the pouch of Douglas (POD) obliteration state and direct visualization of bowel deep endometriosis (DE) during a…

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the learning curve of gynecologic surgical fellows (ie, in training) to properly identify the ureters in real time while simultaneously performing and interpreting transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) examinations. METHODS…

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…

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…

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 …

We aimed to evaluate the learning curve of gynecological sonology trainees to correctly classify pouch of Douglas (POD) obliteration state and identify rectal deep endometriosis (DE) in real-time while simultaneously performing and interpre…

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…

1. To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) direct visualisation (DV) of rectal/rectosigmoid (RS) nodules compared to the "sliding sign" (SS) to predict deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) of the rectum ® and t…

Pouch of Douglas (POD) obliteration can be predicted with a high degree of certainty in women with symptoms suggestive of underlying endometriosis using transvaginal ultrasound (TVS). To evaluate preoperative real-time dynamic TVS in the pr…

The prevalence of a ‘negative sliding sign’ in the low risk population is not known. Our aim is to determine the prevalence of a ‘negative sliding sign’ in low-risk women. An ongoing prospective study. Women attending the gynecology service…

To develop of a logistic regression model using TVS findings to predict the presence of rectal/rectosigmoid DIE during laparoscopy. Multicentre prospective observational study undertaken between from January 2009 to February 2017 including …