TY - JOUR
T1 - Transvaginal ultrasonographic measurements of endometrial thickness
T2 - A reproducibility study
AU - Wolman, Igal
AU - Jaffa, Ariel J.
AU - Sagi, Joseph
AU - Hartoov, Joseph
AU - Amster, Reuben
AU - David, Menachem P.
PY - 1996/9
Y1 - 1996/9
N2 - Objective: The study was undertaken to assess the reproducibility of endometrial thickness measurements by transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS). Methods: In a prospective blind study, two examiners measured the endometrial thickness of 25 patients by TVS on two separate occasions 30 minutes apart. Results: The reliability test performed for each examiner was statistically less significant for the intra-observer variation of each observer (r = 0.95 and r = 0.93), than between both examiners (r = 0.85). Although there was no statistically significant difference between the observations, the mean range of observations was 2.12 + 1.27 mm. Conclusions: A safety margin of error should be taken into consideration while recommending a cutoff under which no curettage is needed.
AB - Objective: The study was undertaken to assess the reproducibility of endometrial thickness measurements by transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS). Methods: In a prospective blind study, two examiners measured the endometrial thickness of 25 patients by TVS on two separate occasions 30 minutes apart. Results: The reliability test performed for each examiner was statistically less significant for the intra-observer variation of each observer (r = 0.95 and r = 0.93), than between both examiners (r = 0.85). Although there was no statistically significant difference between the observations, the mean range of observations was 2.12 + 1.27 mm. Conclusions: A safety margin of error should be taken into consideration while recommending a cutoff under which no curettage is needed.
KW - Endometrial thickness
KW - Transvaginal ultrasonography
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U2 - 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199609)24:7<351::AID-JCU4>3.0.CO;2-A
DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199609)24:7<351::AID-JCU4>3.0.CO;2-A
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AN - SCOPUS:0029813246
SN - 0091-2751
VL - 24
SP - 351
EP - 354
JO - Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
JF - Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
IS - 7
ER -