title: [Endosonography in early pregnancy].
abstract: Vaginal sonography has brought tremendous advantages in the diagnosis of early pregnancy both for the patient and the physician. In the first place it is easier to perform than abdominal sonography, since a filled bladder is not a prerequisite for the examination. Secondly, the intrauterine location of the pregnancy can be diagnosed as early as the 37th day of gestation. Thirdly, diagnosis of a disturbed intrauterine or an extrauterine pregnancy is possible earlier than with the abdominal approach. Vaginal sonography thus frequently reduces the period of anxious waiting for the patient and, where necessary, enables the physician to operate early with the least possible traumatization.
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baumann
authors.forename: U W
authors.initials: UW
authors.lastname: Hermann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011274:Pregnancy, Tubal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014621:Vagina
vernacular_title: Endosonographie in der Frühschwangerschaft.