Hu HJ, Sun J, Feng R, Yu L. Comparison of the application value of transvaginal ultrasound and transabdominal ultrasound in the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy. World J Clin Cases 2023; 11(13): 2945-2955 [PMID: 37215424 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i13.2945]
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Liang Yu, MM, Associate Chief Physician, Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, 158 Shangtang Road, Hangzhou 310000, Zhejiang Province, China. 422086056@qq.com
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World J Clin Cases. May 6, 2023; 11(13): 2945-2955 Published online May 6, 2023. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i13.2945
Comparison of the application value of transvaginal ultrasound and transabdominal ultrasound in the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy
Hui-Juan Hu, Juan Sun, Rui Feng, Liang Yu
Hui-Juan Hu, Department of Ultrasonic, Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital, Affiliated Hangzhou Chest Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang Province, China
Juan Sun, Department of Ultrasonic, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou 310000, Zhejiang Province, China
Rui Feng, Department of Interventional Medicine, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou 310000, Zhejiang Province, China
Liang Yu, Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou 310000, Zhejiang Province, China
Author contributions: Hu HJ and Yu L designed the study; Hu HJ wrote the manuscript; Hu HJ, Sun J, and Feng R collected and analyzed the data; Feng R and Yu L revised and reviewed the manuscript; and all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The study was approved by Ethics Committee of Affiliated Hangzhou Chest Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their family members, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Liang Yu, MM, Associate Chief Physician, Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, 158 Shangtang Road, Hangzhou 310000, Zhejiang Province, China. 422086056@qq.com
Received: February 27, 2023 Peer-review started: February 27, 2023 First decision: March 10, 2023 Revised: March 19, 2023 Accepted: March 24, 2023 Article in press: March 24, 2023 Published online: May 6, 2023
Core Tip
Core Tip: Transabdominal ultrasound (TAS) is the primary method for early detection of ectopic pregnancy (EP). However, because of the low frequency of the TAS probe and the certain distance between it and the gestational sacs, it is susceptible to interference of the probe acquisition data by factors such as the filling bladder, abdominal fat, abdominal wall trabecular contents, and intestinal wall, which further reduces the accuracy of diagnosis. With the development of clinical diagnostic technology and the improvement of the medical level, transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) is gradually applied in the diagnosis of various clinical fields. Based on this, this study aims to compare and analyze the application value of TAS and TVS in the diagnosis of EP, hoping to provide some help for the early diagnosis and treatment of EP.
