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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2022

The Application of Sonovaginography for Implementing Ultrasound Assessment of Endometriosis and Other Gynaecological Diseases.

Francesca Arezzo, Gennaro Cormio, Daniele La Forgia, Adam Abdulwakil Kawosha, Michele Mongelli, Carmela Putino, Erica Silvestris, Donato Oreste, Claudio Lombardi, Gerardo Cazzato and 2 more

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Francesca ArezzoObstetrics and Gynecology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Gennaro CormioObstetrics and Gynecology Unit, Interdisciplinar Department of Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5745-372X
Daniele La ForgiaSSD Radiodiagnostica Senologica, IRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II", Via Orazio Flacco 65, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3902-4523
Adam Abdulwakil KawoshaDepartment of General Medicine, Universitatea Medicina si Farmacie Grigore T Popa, Strada Universitatii 16, 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Michele MongelliObstetrics and Gynecology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2483-4451
Carmela PutinoObstetrics and Gynecology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Erica SilvestrisGynecologic Oncology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II", Via Orazio Flacco 65, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Donato OresteSSD Radiologia Diagnostica, IRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II", Via Orazio Flacco 65, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Claudio LombardiObstetrics and Gynecology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Gerardo CazzatoPathology Section, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0325-4316
Ettore CicinelliObstetrics and Gynecology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Vera LoizziObstetrics and Gynecology Unit, Interdisciplinar Department of Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4006-6421

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sonovaginography is a way of assessing gynaecological diseases that can be described as cheap yet accurate and non-invasive. It consists of distention of the vagina with ultrasound gel or saline solution while performing transvaginal sonography to clearly visualize and assess a host of local cervical, as well as any vaginal, disorders. With endometriosis being a steadily growing gynaecological pathology affecting 8-15% of women of fertile age, transvaginal sonography (TVS) can be considered as one of the most accurate and comprehensive imaging techniques in its diagnosis. Nevertheless, the accuracy may vary depending on scan sites. The purpose of this narrative review is to assess the performance of sonovaginography in detecting endometriosis in those sites where TVS has a low sensitivity.

Indexed as

cervical diseasesendometriosisgynaecological ultrasoundsonovaginographyvaginal diseases

Identifiers

PMID35453868
PMCPMC9032141

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