title: Acceptability of early transvaginal or abdominal sonography in the first half of pregnancy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the acceptability of early transvaginal sonography by pregnant patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire was completed by 246 patients and the resulting data were analysed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The incidence of discomfort was higher for the transabdominal than for the transvaginal route. Moreover, the transvaginal approach in early pregnancy, when compared with other transvaginal sonographic examinations was described as more satisfactory in 95% of cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Transvaginal sonography in early pregnancy is better tolerated than transabdominal sonography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rosati
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guariglia
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*; D014621:Vagina