Vocal in Assessment of Endometrium in Postmenopause

Aljazeera Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postmenopausal Bleeding

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: 3D ultrasound; Procedure: Dilatation and curretage

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03404154

vocal

Details and patient eligibility

About

The unbalanced estrogen with no progesterone will lead to endometrial thickening .This thickening result in endometrial hyperplasia & carcinoma and lead to irregular bleeding

Full description

Recent advances in the screening and diagnosis of endometrial pathologies (eg,endometrial hyperplasia , endometrial carcinoma ,endometrial polyps and myomas ) are directed towards non invasive methods as Transvaginal ultrasound with 3 D application using different softwares .

One of the applications of 3D Transvaginal Ultrasonography is Vocal technique ( Virtual Organ Computer aided Analysis ) that can measure volume especially in tissues with irregular borders And this technology is considered to be superior than the conventional 2 D ultrasound . .

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 50 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

-Postmenopausal women who were Complaining of Post-menopausal vaginal bleeding.

Exclusion criteria

• Women with hormone replacement therapy.
• Women showing intra-cavitary fluid collection at ultrasound examination
• Women with other gynecological lesions in the pelvis other than the uterus
• Previous diagnosis of endometrial pathology.