Comparison of diagnostic accuracy of saline infusion sonohysterography, transvaginal sonography and hysteroscopy in postmenopausal bleeding

Bingol B., Gunenc M. Z., Gedikbasi A., Guner H., Tasdemir S., Tiras B.

ARCHIVES OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS, vol.284, no.1, pp.111-117, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 284 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00404-010-1604-0
  • Journal Name: ARCHIVES OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.111-117
  • Keywords: Transvaginal sonography, Saline infusion sonohysterography, Hysteroscopy, Postmenopausal bleeding, Uterine cavity, Diagnostic accuracy, FALLOPIAN TUBAL PATENCY, UTERINE CAVITY, CONTRAST SONOHYSTEROGRAPHY, ENDOMETRIAL ABNORMALITIES, INFERTILE PATIENTS, SUBMUCOUS MYOMAS, ULTRASONOGRAPHY, WOMEN, DILATATION, ULTRASOUND
  • Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

To compare the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal sonography (TVS), saline infusion sonohysterography (SIS) and hysteroscopy (HS) with respect to pathological diagnosis in the detection of uterine cavity abnormalities associated with abnormal uterine bleeding among postmenopausal women.