title: The use of transvaginal ultrasonography in the evaluation of luteal phase endometrium.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the use of transvaginal ultrasonography, a non invasive method, for the evaluation of endometrium, to diagnose luteal phase insufficiency.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective, randomized, clinical study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Human volunteers in an infertility clinic.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients who applied to the infertility clinic undergoing diagnostic procedures for their complaints.
  
  
  METHODS
  Follicle maturation, ovulation and endometrial grades were studied with transvaginal ultrasonography. Endometrial sampling was performed during midluteal and late luteal phase. Progesterone and estradiol levels were measured in the blood drawn on the sampling day.
  
  
  METHODS
  Endometrial grade, histopathology, estradiol and progesterone levels.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In both groups, as the endometrial grades increased, the rate of normal histopathological results increased significantly. There was no statistically significant correlation between endometrial thickness and progesterone and estradiol levels.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Evaluation of stromal maturation with ultrasonography is successful, but cannot replace endometrial sampling in evaluating luteal phase endometrium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zeynep Kamil Women and Children's Hospital, Instanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fiçicioğlu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tasdemir
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Arioglu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Unlu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yorganci
mesh_terms: D004717:Endometrium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology*; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008183:Luteal Phase / Q000502:physiology*; D011374:Progesterone / Q000097:blood; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D011374:Progesterone; D004958:Estradiol