The use of transvaginal ultrasound alters physiologic uterine peristalsis in gynecologic participants.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To study whether transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) affected the uterine peristalsis (UP) patterns in nonpregnant participants.

Design

Institutional review board-approved, prospective observational cohort study. The noninvasive UP imaging (UPI) system uses electrode patches placed on the patient's skin just above the pubic bone and on the low back to quantify the 3-dimensional electrical activation pattern during UP by calculating peristalsis frequency, duration, magnitude, and activation ratio. A 20-minute UPI scan was completed without TVUS followed by a 10-minute UPI scan acquired simultaneously during TVUS examination as a comparison.

Setting

University medical center.

Patients

Twenty-eight participants with regular menstrual cycles not taking hormona

SUBMITTER: Anderson K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11456659 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature