Rectal Water-contrast Transvaginal Ultrasonography Versus Sonovaginography for the Diagnosis of Posterior Deep Pelvic Endometriosis

Fabio Barra

Status: Completed

Conditions: Endometriosis Pelvic; Endometriosis, Rectum; Endometriosis; Endometriosis Rectovaginal Septum; Endometriosis of Colon; Endometriosis of Vagina

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Rectal water-contrast transvaginal ultrasonography; Diagnostic Test: Sonovaginography

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04296760

ENHANCED-ETV-ENDO

Details and patient eligibility

About

As the surgical treatment of posterior deep endometriosis may be challenging for surgeons and carry significant risks for patients, preoperative assessment of the location, characteristics and presence of nodules of posterior deep endometriosis is important in order to inform the patient about the various treatment possibilities and to allow adequate counseling regarding treatment strategy. The aim of this study is to investigate the accuracy of rectal water-contrast transvaginal ultrasonography (RWC-TVS), and sonovaginography (SVG) in patients with clinical suspicion of posterior deep endometriosis (DIE).

Enrollment: 250 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• clinical presentation suggestive of the presence of posterior deep infiltrating endometriosis

Exclusion criteria

• previous diagnosis of posterior deep infiltrating endometriosis by radiologic imaging (i.e. magnetic resonance, computed tomography)
• previous surgical diagnosis of posterior deep infiltrating endometriosis

Trial design

250 participants in 1 patient group

Women with suspicious of deep posterior pelvic endometriosis

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Rectal water-contrast transvaginal ultrasonography

Diagnostic Test: Sonovaginography