The Value of Vaginal Ultrasound in the Management of Menorrhagia
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Vaginal ultrasonography has been carried out on 97 patients with menorrhagia who were either not responding to or not suitable for drug therapy. Ultrasonography demonstrated normal uteri in 33, benign uterine enlargement in 4, bicornuate uteri in 2, intracavitary polyps or fibromyomas in 9, possible adenomyosis in 13 and intramural or subserous fibromyomas in 36. The ultrasound diagnosis markedly increased the accuracy of clinical diagnosis and assisted in the proper choice of treatment which included the avoidance of surgery and the selection of patients most suited to endometrial resection, intrauterine resection of polyps and fibromyomas, and open or laparoscopic myomectomy and hysterectomy. The routine use of high resolution vaginal ultrasound in the management of menorrhagia is recommended.
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