Transvaginal Ultrasonography for Evaluation of Endometriotic Adhesions | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Fertility and Sterility | ||
| Volume 29, Issue 2 - Serial Number 11106352, March 2025, Pages 108-119 PDF (333.24 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/egyfs.2025.417778 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohamed E. Ramadan* ; Ahmed F. Gibreel; Mohamed A. Mosbah | ||
| Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology1, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Endometriosis is defined as the presence of endometrial glands and stroma outside the uterus, is a frequent gynaecological disease. Accurate diagnosis and staging of endometriosis by imaging is essential to accurately guide the clinician in disease management. Transvaginal sonography (TVS) is a cost-effective meth-od compared to MRI in the diagnosis of endometriosis specifics. Aim: To evaluate the accuracy of TVS in the detection of pelvic adhesions caused by endometriosis. Methods: This prospective cohort study enrolled 80 cas-es diagnosed with endometriosis were subjected to lap-aroscopy. Transvaginal ultrasonography was done using 2D and 3D scan without any bowel preparation and was guided by Adhesion scoring system. Transvaginal ultra-sonography was used to detect the presence or absence of adhesions using the sliding sign approach. Results: Concerning the severity of endometriosis based on the r-ASRM classification, the number of cases with disease stages I and II, stage III and stage IV were 3 (2.3%), 32 (24.4%) and 96 (73.3%), respectively. There was statistical significance difference between TVS Tech-nique versus laparoscopy as regard detection of mid ante-rior adhesion, up anterior adhesion, up posterior adhesion, mid posterior adhesion, Rt-O-Ut adhesion, Inter O-O ad-hesion, Rt-O-side adhesion, Lt-O-Ut adhesion, Lt-O-side adhesion and Low posterior adhesion (P<0.05). Conclusion: Adhesion scoring system could simply and noninvasively predict the degree of endometriosis adhe-sions. As a result, we could assess the actual condition of endometriotic adhesions with this approach both presur-gically and postoperatively. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Transvaginal; Ultrasonography; Endometrio-sis; Adhesions; Sliding Sign | ||
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