Addendum to the consensus opinion from the International Deep Endometriosis Analysis (IDEA) group: sonographic evaluation of the parametrium

S Guerriero; G Condous; M Rolla; G Hudelist; S Ferrero; J L Alcazar; S Ajossa; C Bafort; D Van Schoubroeck; T Bourne; T Van den Bosch; S S Singh; M S Abrao; G Szabó; A C Testa; A Di Giovanni; D Fischerova; C Tomassetti; D Timmerman

doi:10.1002/uog.27558

Addendum to the consensus opinion from the International Deep Endometriosis Analysis (IDEA) group: sonographic evaluation of the parametrium

Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2023 Dec 6. doi: 10.1002/uog.27558. Online ahead of print.

Authors

S Guerriero^{1

2}, G Condous³, M Rolla⁴, G Hudelist^{5

6}, S Ferrero^{7

8}, J L Alcazar⁹, S Ajossa¹⁰, C Bafort^{11

12}, D Van Schoubroeck¹¹, T Bourne¹³, T Van den Bosch¹⁴, S S Singh¹⁵, M S Abrao^{16

17}, G Szabó¹⁸, A C Testa^{19

20}, A Di Giovanni²¹, D Fischerova²², C Tomassetti^{11

12}, D Timmerman^{11

12}

Affiliations

¹ Centro Integrato di Procreazione Medicalmente Assistita (PMA) e Diagnostica Ostetrico-Ginecologica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Cagliari-Policlinico Duilio Casula, Monserrato, Italy.
² University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
³ Acute Gynaecology, Early Pregnancy and Advanced Endoscopy Surgery Unit, Sydney Medical School Nepean, Nepean Hospital, University of Sydney, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics of Parma, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
⁵ Department of Gynecology, Center for Endometriosis, Hospital St John of God, Vienna, Austria.
⁶ Rudolfinerhaus Private Clinic and Campus, Vienna, Austria.
⁷ Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DiNOGMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
⁸ Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.
⁹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
¹⁰ Centro Integrato di Procreazione Medicalmente Assistita (PMA) e Diagnostica Ostetrico-Ginecologica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria-Policlinico Duilio Casula, Monserrato, Italy.
¹¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Leuven University Fertility Centre, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
¹² Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
¹³ Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College, London, UK.
¹⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, KU Leuven University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium.
¹⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada.
¹⁶ Gynecologic Division, BP-A Beneficencia Portuguesa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
¹⁷ Disciplina de Ginecologia, Departamento de Obstetricia e Ginecologia, Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
¹⁸ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
¹⁹ Dipartimento Scienze della Salute della Donna, del Bambino e di Sanità Pubblica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
²⁰ Dipartimento Scienze della Vita e Sanità Pubblica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
²¹ Endoscopica Malzoni, Center for Advanced Pelvic Surgery (Drs Giovanni), Avellino, Italy.
²² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.

PMID: 38057967
DOI: 10.1002/uog.27558

Abstract

Preoperative sonographic staging in patients with suspected parametrial endometriosis is essential to plan the surgical intervention and to anticipate the need for a multidisciplinary approach, and hence optimize surgical outcome. The results of a recent metanalysis suggest that defining more accurately the ultrasonographic criteria of parametrial involvement in endometriosis is needed. The aim of this addendum to the IDEA-consensus is to highlight the sonographic characteristics of the parametrium and identify ultrasound techniques to diagnose deep endometriosis in this area. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.