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KMID : 0388019930040010089
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Korean Journal Gynecologic Oncology and Colposcopy
1993 Volume.4 No. 1 p.89 ~ p.96
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Transvaginal Sonography as a Screening Method for Ovarian Cancer(1)
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Abstract
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Utrasonic evaluation has been suggested as a screening method for early ovarian cancer. This study was designed the accuracy of pelvic ultrasound to measure the ovarian volume as the preliminary study. The ovarian volume measured by ultrasound
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compared with findings at findings at surgery. Subjects for this investigation were 25 menstruating patients and 12 climacteric patients who were scheduled for gynecologic surgery chiefly unrelated to adnexal masses.
The mean of ovarian volume with menstruating patients was 5.7(5.9cm* and that of climacteric patients was 2.5(1.3cm*(P<0.01). The correlation coefficient between the ovarian volume measurement made by two examiners was 0.80. The correlation
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between the ovarian volume measured by transvaginal ultrasonography and ovarian volume at laparotomy was 0.37 and poor. The 11 ovaries(52%) among the 24 ovaries of 12 climacteric patients were not visualized. So, this study suggested that the
ovarian
volume measurements of the postmenopausal women by transvaginal ultrasonograpy was not simple and demanded the skill and laborous training.
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