Recto-sigmoid endoscopic-ultrasonography in the staging of deep infiltrating endometriosis

Table 1 Main “exclusive” blind endo-rectal or endoscopic ultrasonography¹ in deep infiltrating endometriosis

Author	Ref.	Year	No.	Type	se%	sp%	ppv%	npv%
Roseau1	[19]	1993	(11)	Descriptive rectal endometriosis
Hauge	[27]	1993	(1)	Descriptive, anal endometriosis
Ohba	[26]	1996	64	Descriptive, correlation thickness USL and clinical symptoms
Chapron1	[29]	1998	38 (17)	R preliminary results	Diagnosis accuracy: 100%
Fedele	[28]	1998	140 (24)	R	97	96
Roseau1	[16]	2000	46 (25)	R	100	100
Doniec	[30]	2003	65 (32)	R	97	97
Abrao1	[31]	2004	32 (6)	R	100	67
Delpy1	[32]	2005	30 (17)	P	92	66	64	92
Bahr	[33]	2006	37 (8)	R	87.5	97	87.5	97
Roman1	[34]	2007	(16)	Kappa coeff: 0.22; limited accuracy to predict layer involvement
Griffiths	[14]	2008	32	Likekihood ratio + : 10.89/-: 0.24; good results for recto-vaginal septum
Mezzi1	[35]	2011	68 (34)
Ferrari1	[36]	2012	(26)	Diagnosis accuracy: 100% with elastometry
Rossi1	[22]	2013	(38)	R	89	26	55	71

¹Main “exclusive” blind endo-rectal or endoscopic ultrasonography. ( ): Patients with digestive infiltration/type; R: Retrospective; P: Prospective; se: Sensitivity; sp: Specificity; ppv: Positive predictive value; npv: Negative predictive value; USL: Utero-sacral ligament.