Vaginal wall thickness as potential biomarker of vaginal health. A proposal for standardized ultrasound measurement using three-dimensional transvaginal ultrasound.
thickness
ultrasound
vagina
wall
Journal
Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU
ISSN: 1097-0096
Titre abrégé: J Clin Ultrasound
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0401663
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2023
Oct 2023
Historique:
revised:
24
07
2023
received:
21
06
2023
accepted:
12
08
2023
medline:
12
10
2023
pubmed:
30
8
2023
entrez:
30
8
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Vaginal wall thickness could be used as a biomarker of vaginal health. We propose a standardized method using three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound for measuring vaginal wall thickness. Fill the vagina with gel. Insert the endovaginal transducer into the vagina up to the middle third. In the sagittal plane, visualizing the cervix and vaginal fornices, capture a 3D volume of the upper third of the vagina. Using tomographic ultrasound imaging function in the sagittal plane and the posterior vaginal fornix as the reference obtain at least three axial planes of the vagina, separated by 1 cm. Measure the vaginal wall thickness at a distance of 2 cm from the posterior vaginal fornix at 12, 3, 6, and 9 o'clock. The reproducibility of measurements was high. Measurements of vaginal wall thickness can be reliably performed.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1366-1369Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Authors. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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