Transvaginal ultrasonographic measurements of endometrial thickness: A reproducibility study

✍ Scribed by Wolman, Igal; Jaffa, Ariel J.; Sagl, Joseph; Hartoov, Joseph; Amster, Reuben; David, Menachem P.

• Book ID: 101226515
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 396 KB
• Volume: 24
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0096(199609)24:7<351::aid-jcu4>3.0.co;2-a

✦ Synopsis

Objective:

The study was undertaken to assess the reproducibility of endometrial thickness measurements by transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS).

Methods: In a prospective blind study, two examiners measured the endometrial thickness of 25 patients by TVS on two separate occasions 30 minutes apart.

ResuZts: The reliability test performed for each examiner was statistically less significant for the intra-observer variation of each observer ( r = 0.95 and r = 0.931, than between both examiners ( r = 0.85). Although there was no statistically significant difference between the observations, the mean range of observations was 2.12 + 1.27 mm.

Conclusions: A safety margin of error should be taken into consideration while recommending a cutoff under which no curettage is needed.