Sonovaginography: redefining the concept of a “normal pelvis” on transvaginal ultrasound pre‐laparoscopic intervention for suspected endometriosis
article
OA: gold
CC0
⤵ 18 in-corpus citations
AI-generated summary
Sonovaginography redefines the "normal pelvis" on transvaginal ultrasound for suspected endometriosis by identifying posterior compartment deep infiltrating endometriosis and enabling appropriate surgical team triaging.
One-sentence paraphrase of the abstract; not a substitute for reading it. No clinical advice. How this works
Abstract
Office sonovaginography (SVG) challenges the concept of the "normal" pelvic ultrasound in women with chronic pelvic pain and suspected endometriosis. When positive for posterior compartment deep infiltrating endometriosis, with or without Pouch of Douglas obliteration, office SVG allows for triaging of women to the appropriately trained advanced laparoscopic gynaecological and colorectal surgical team. We advocate that all women with suspected endometriosis undergo office SVG prior to laparoscopy to ensure an accurate pre-operative mapping of endometriosis disease location and extension.
My notes (saved in your browser only)
Condition tags
Citation neighborhood
Papers in the corpus that this work cites (lower rings, blue) and that cite this one (upper rings, green). Dot size scales with the paper's in-corpus citation count — bigger dot = more influential within the endo/adeno field. Click a dot to open that paper. [ expand to 2 hops ] — adds papers reached through this work's immediate citers/citees. Heavier; up to 60 extra dots.
References (25)
- Accuracy of transvaginal sonography and rectal endoscopic sonography in the diagnosis of deep infiltrating endometriosis via openalex
- Combination of transvaginal sonography and clinical examination for preoperative diagnosis of pelvic endometriosis via openalex
- Diagnosis of deep infiltrating endometriosis: accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging and transvaginal 3D ultrasonography via openalex
- Diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal sonography for deep pelvic endometriosis via openalex
- Diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound for non‐invasive diagnosis of bowel endometriosis: systematic review and meta‐analysis via openalex
- Does transvaginal ultrasonography combined with water-contrast in the rectum aid in the diagnosis of rectovaginal endometriosis infiltrating the bowel? via openalex
- Endometriomas: Diagnostic Performance of US via openalex
- Endometriosis: Contribution of 3.0-T Pelvic MR Imaging in Preoperative Assessment—Initial Results via openalex
- Is Pouch of Douglas Obliteration a Marker of Bowel Endometriosis? via openalex
- OC13.03: Can we predict pouch of Douglas obliteration using a new real‐time ultrasound technique: the ‘sliding sign’ via openalex
- Prediction of pouch of Douglas obliteration in women with suspected endometriosis using a new real-time dynamic transvaginal ultrasound technique: the sliding sign via openalex
- Preoperative work-up for patients with deeply infiltrating endometriosis: transvaginal ultrasonography must definitely be the first-line imaging examination via openalex
- Sonorectovaginography: A New Sonographic Technique for Imaging of the Posterior Compartment of the Pelvis via openalex
- Sonovaginography is a new technique for assessing rectovaginal endometriosis via openalex
- Staging of Pelvic Endometriosis: Role of Sonographic Appearance in Determining Extension of Disease and Modulating Surgical Approach via openalex
- “Tenderness-guided” transvaginal ultrasonography: a new method for the detection of deep endometriosis in patients with chronic pelvic pain via openalex
- Transvaginal ultrasonography with water-contrast in the rectum in the diagnosis of bowel endometriosis. via openalex
- W6665233114 via openalex
- W1972123477 via openalex
- W2048878768 via openalex
- W2102371025 via openalex
- W2131501232 via openalex
- W2134618546 via openalex
- W2396544240 via openalex
- W10868991 via openalex
Cited by (18)
- Advances in Imaging for Assessing Pelvic Endometriosis 2022
- How long does a transvaginal ultrasound examination for endometriosis take in comparison to a routine transvaginal ultrasound examination? 2021
- Modern methods for radiological diagnosis of endometriosis 2020
- Rectovaginal endometriosis: head to head comparison between sonovaginography and magnetic resonance imaging 2019
- Forniceal-Vaginal Deep Endometriosis 2018
- How to perform an ultrasound to diagnose endometriosis 2018
- Poor sensitivity of transvaginal ultrasound markers in diagnosis of superficial endometriosis of the uterosacral ligaments 2018
- Modified Ultrasonographic Techniques 2018
- Imaging techniques in endometriosis 2018
- Gel Sonovaginography 2016
- Diagnostic laparoscopy in pre‐surgical planning for higher stage endometriosis: Is it still relevant? 2016
- Systematic approach to sonographic evaluation of the pelvis in women with suspected endometriosis, including terms, definitions and measurements: a consensus opinion from the International Deep Endometriosis Analysis (IDEA) group 2016
- Systematic Evaluation of Women With Suspected Endometriosis Using a 5‐Domain Sonographically Based Approach 2015
- Integrating the concept of advanced gynaecological imaging for endometriosis 2015
- Consensus on current management of endometriosis 2013
- The prediction of pouch of Douglas obliteration using offline analysis of the transvaginal ultrasound 'sliding sign' technique: inter- and intra-observer reproducibility 2013
- The ‘sliding sign’ in conjunction with sonovaginography: is this the optimal approach for the diagnosis of Pouch of Douglas obliteration and posterior compartment deep infiltrating endometriosis? 2013
- The use of intra‐operative saline sonovaginography to define the rectovaginal septum in women with suspected rectovaginal endometriosis: a pilot study 2011
Source provenance
- europepmc
- last seen: 2026-06-24T06:10:11.469335+00:00
- openalex
- last seen: 2026-06-10T17:14:06.276822+00:00
- pubmed
- last seen: 2026-05-13T22:16:42.478857+00:00
License: CC0
· commercial use OK