Real-time pelvic ultrasonography as an adjunct to digital examination.
The authors suggest that diagnostic accuracy could be improved in 1% of cases by combining real-time ultrasound with digital examination of the pelvis or rectum. Differences of opinion between clinician and ultrasonologist regarding a possible pelvic mass can easily be settled. This technique can also be used to displace loops of bowel, help characterize congenital anomalies, and aid in the training of medical students and residents in obstetrics and gynecology.
D006801:Humans; D010173:Palpation; D010388:Pelvis; D014463:Ultrasonography