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OP14.03: The inter‐ and intraobserver reproducibility of transvaginal ultrasound for pelvic endometriosis
Author(s) -
Bean E.,
Chaggar P.,
Thanatsis N.,
Bottomley C.,
Jurkovic D.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.202
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1469-0705
pISSN - 0960-7692
DOI - 10.1002/uog.20785
Subject(s) - medicine , repeatability , endometriosis , reproducibility , nodule (geology) , radiology , ultrasound , nuclear medicine , gynecology , statistics , mathematics , paleontology , chemistry , chromatography , biology
Methods A prospective observational cohort study conducted in our specialist endometriosis centre over a period of 12 months. Included all consecutive women who were scanned by two experienced operators during the same visit to the clinic. Outcomes of interest included the interand intra-observer reproducibility of diagnosis and locations of endometriotic lesions and repeatability of measurements of lesion size.