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- Title
Identification of Surgical Uterine Prolapse in Premenopausal Patients With Clinical or Ultrasound Criteria? A Multicenter Comparative Study.
- Authors
García‐Mejido, José Antonio; Martín‐Martinez, Alicia; González‐Diaz, Enrique; Núñez‐Matas, María José; Fernández‐Palacín, Ana; Carballo‐Rastrilla, Sonia; Fernández‐Fernández, Camino; Sainz‐Bueno, José Antonio
- Abstract
Objectives: It is unknown whether diagnosing uterine prolapse (UP) via ultrasound or surgical criteria is superior. Our objective is to determine whether the diagnostic capacity of ultrasound with surgical criteria differs from that of surgical criteria only. Methods: This was a multicenter prospective observational study with 54 premenopausal patients with surgical criteria for a dysfunctional pelvic floor pathology who were consecutively recruited for 1 year. Clinical UP with surgical criteria was defined when UP stage II–IV was identified (during pelvic floor consultation), and UP diagnosed by ultrasound with surgical criteria was established when a difference ≥15 mm was found between rest and Valsalva applied to the pubis‐uterine fundus. The sensitivity, specificity and positive and negative predictive values were determined to evaluate clinical and ultrasound methodologies as diagnostic tests. Results: UP diagnosed by ultrasound with surgical criteria presented better sensitivity (78.57 vs 35.71%), specificity (92.11 vs 81.58%), positive predictive value (61.83 vs 23.99%), and negative predictive value (96.35 vs 11.37%) than UP diagnosed by surgical criteria only. Conclusion: Ultrasound with surgical criteria is superior to surgical criteria alone when diagnosing UP.
- Subjects
UTERINE prolapse; DIAGNOSTIC ultrasonic imaging; ULTRASONIC imaging; PELVIC floor; PELVIC organ prolapse
- Publication
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2023, Vol 42, Issue 10, p2269
- ISSN
0278-4297
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jum.16248