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Control of intrauterine device insertion with three‐dimensional ultrasound: Is it the future?
Author(s) -
BonillaMusoles Fernando,
Raga Francisco,
Osborne Newton G.,
Blanes Javier
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0096(199606)24:5<263::aid-jcu6>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - medicine , transvaginal sonography , asymptomatic , hysteroscopy , transvaginal ultrasound , ultrasound , radiology , gynecology , surgery , obstetrics , pregnancy , genetics , biology
A comparative study was designed to determine whether three‐dimensional transvaginal sonography (3D‐TVS) offered advantages over two‐dimensional transvaginal sonography (2D‐TVS) for the identification and location of IUDs in 66 asymptomatic women. Hysteroscopy was performed in cases in which there was a discrepancy between the information obtained by both methods ( n = 14). In eight cases (12.2%) the IUD was misidentified with 2D‐TVS. In six cases (9.1%) it was not possible to identify the device model with 2D‐TVS. In two cases (3.0%) 2D‐TVS failed to identify the position of the device. In contrast, all IUDs were identified and located accurately with 3D‐TVS. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.