From Probe to Procedure: UBESS Enhances Preoperative Planning
A new ultrasound-based system called UBESS (Ultrasound-Based Endometriosis Staging System) is designed to help surgeons estimate how complex endometriosis surgery might be before it happens. This system is used during a routine transvaginal ultrasound and classifies patients into three stages…
Key Points Lay SummaryCan we predict the complexity of laparoscopic surgery by ultrasound?
This is a multicentric, retrospective cohort study recently published in the Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology by Tompsett et al. in which the results of the transvaginal ultrasonographic examinations (TVS) are compared to the results of the laparoscopic operations performed…
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