Conventional and color Doppler transvaginal sonography in gynecologic infertility. Current clinical applications.
TVS affords accurate follicular monitoring and guidance for follicular aspiration. The role of TVS in assessing the adequacy of the endometrium is still undergoing investigation. Our studies suggest that there is a statistically significant difference in the pregnancy rate when the endometrium has a multilayered appearance. Infertility patients who successfully achieve pregnancy should be monitored with TVS because of a higher incidence of ectopic pregnancy, anembryonic gestation, and spontaneous abortion. TVS has a secondary role in evaluating certain uterine malformations and tubal disorders. With TV-CDS it is also possible to evaluate physiologic parameters such as adnexal and uterine blood flow. The role of TV-CDS in the anatomic and physiologic evaluation of early pregnancy is now being established.
Fleischer
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Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
Kepple
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Vasquez
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D003116:Color; D005260:Female; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods; D014621:Vagina