Evaluation of Uterosacral Ligament Involvement in Deep Endometriosis by Transvaginal Ultrasonography

Conclusion Four types of USL endometriosis were summarized according to the ultrasound characteristics and the distribution of USL involvement was also concluded according to the results of surgery. TVS has significant value in diagnosis of USL endometriosis and can be used as a first-line tool for diagnosis. Ethics Statement The Medical Science Ethics Committee of Shenzhen People’s Hospital approved this study (No. 2018100). Each patient or an appropriate family member provided informed written consent to obtain clinical materials. Author Contributions YZ and BD conceived and designed the whole experiments and drafted the manuscript. JX performed the statistical analysis and interpreted the data. QL contributed to the clinical examination. XX contributed to the literature research. FX acquired the data. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Funding This study was funded by Clinical Research Project of Shenzhen Health and Family Planning Commission in China (No. SZLY2018007), Shenzhen People’s Hospital Young and Middle-aged Research Funds Cultivation Fund (No. SYKYPY201923), and Guangdong Medical Science and Technology Research Fund Project (No. A2016545). Conflict of Interest Statement The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. References Abrao, M. S., Gonçalves, M. O., Dias, J. A. Jr., Podgaec, S., ...
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research