OBJECTIVES To study the long-term effects of oral estriol tablets on the endometrium of postmenopausal women by TVS and histology. METHOD This was a cross sectional, parallel-group, multicenter trial of 241 postmenopausal women, out of whom 125 were treated with oral estriol and 116 were untreated controls. Endometrial histology using Pipelle biopsies and/or dilatation and curettage (D&C) was...

Objective: to compare diagnostic values of two dimensional trans-vaginal sonography (TVS) and office hysteroscopy (OH) for evaluation of endometrial pathologies in cases with repeated implantation failure (RIF) or recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). Methods and Materials: This prospective study was performed in Royan institute from December 2013 to January 2015. TVS was performed before hysteroscop...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the feasibility of measuring cervical length by transperineal or translabial sonography and compare the measurements obtained by this approach with those obtained transvaginally. METHODS In 500 women measurement of cervical length by translabial-transperineal sonography was attempted immediately before transvaginal scanning at 22-24 (median 23) weeks of gestation. In...

Objective: Our research aims to compare the diagnostic efficacy of transvaginal and transabdominal ultrasonography for detecting adnexal masses. Study Design: A Comparative study Place Duration: Conducted at Central Park Medical College, Lahore, during from period August 2021 January 2022. Methods: This included 84 women. Once written consent has been obtained, we involve consideration such as ...

Background: Ultrasound is preferred as first imaging modality in the study of the female pelvis. In this article, we have tried to mention 8 points that each midwife or nurse needs to know for planning the time of sonography and analysis of findings. Results: During the menstrual cycle, all pelvic organs are influenced by cyclic changes. Thus, pathologic conditions of pelvis need to be well ass...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to demonstrate the importance of transvaginal scan (TVS) in the detection of bladder tumors in patients presenting with postmenopausal bleeding. MATERIALS AND METHODS We examined the case records of all patients that attended a one-stop clinic between September 2001 and May 2004. Those presenting with postmenopausal bleeding (PMB) underwent transvaginal scan...

Transvaginal sonography has been shown to be an accurate technique for discriminating between benign and malignant adnexal masses. Accurate preoperative differential diagnosis of adnexal masses is essential for optimizing patients’ treatment. The advancement and wider availability of therapies of assisted conception have occurred to a large extent as a result of developments in ultrasonography....

adenomyosis is an idiopathic and benign disease in which ectopic endometrial glands embedded deeply in myometrial smooth muscle with the compensatory hypertrophy of the myometrium surrounding the ectopic endometrium (1, 2). there is a correlation between depth of the infiltration and initial too high stage of adenomyosis. lesions may characterize as a diffuse or focal lesions. the highest preva...