Control of intrauterine device insertion with three-dimensional ultrasound: Is it the future?
✍ Scribed by Bonilla-Musoles, Fernando; Raga, Francisco; Osborne, Newton G.; Blanes, Javier
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 516 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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✦ Synopsis
A comparative study was designed to determine whether three-dimensional transvaginal sonography (3D-TVS) offered advantages over two-dimensional transvaginal sonography (2D-TVS) for the identification and location of IUDs in 66 asymptomatic women. Hysteroscopy was performed in cases in which there was a discrepancy between the information obtained by both methods ( n = 14). In eight cases (12.2%) the IUD was misidentified with 2D-TVS. In six cases (9.1%) it was not possible to identify the device model with 2D-TVS. In two cases (3.0%) 2D-TVS failed to identify the position of the device. In contrast, all IUDs were identified and located accurately with 3D-TVS.