Clinical Prediction of Deeply Infiltrating Endometriosis before Surgery: Is It Feasible? A Review of the Literature

Table 2

Studies evaluating the accuracy of TVUS for the diagnosis of deeply infiltrating endometriosis in different locations.

Locations studies	Rectovaginal septum			Bowel			Pouch of douglas			Retrocervical area			Uterosacral ligaments			Vagina			Bladder
	𝑠	sp	𝑎	𝑠	sp	𝑎	𝑠	sp	𝑎	𝑠	sp	𝑎	𝑠	sp	𝑎	𝑠	sp	𝑎	𝑠	sp	𝑎
Bazot et al., 2003 [45]				95	100	97	82	100	87				75	83	77	25	100	90
Abrao et al., 2007 [36]				98	100	99				95	98	97
Menada et al., 2008 [46]	93	90	92	56	92	83
*RWC	97	100	98	96	100	99
Piketty et al., 2008 [54]				91	96	NR
Guerriero et al., 2008 [47]	74	88	NR	67	92	NR							50	94	NR	91	89	NR	100	100	NR
Bazot et al., 2009 [48]	9	99	88	94	100	96							78	67	77	47	95	79
Goncalves et al., 2010 [55]				97	100	99

𝑠: sensitivity (%); sp: specificity (%); 𝑎: accuracy (%); NR: not reported.
*RWC: after instillation of rectal water contrast.