Audit of transvaginal sonography of normal postmenopausal ovaries by sonographers from the United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS).

ABSTRACT: Background: We report on a unique audit of seven sonographers self-reporting high visualization rates of normal postmenopausal ovaries in the United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS).  This audit was ordered by the trial's Ultrasound Management Subcommittee after an initiative taken in 2008 to improve the quality of scanning and the subsequent increase in the number of sonographers claiming very high ovary visualisation rates. Methods: Seven sonographers reporting high rates (>89%) of visualizing normal postmenopausal ovaries in examinations performed between 1 ^st January and 31 ^st December 2008 were identified. Eight experts in gynaecological scanning reviewed a random selection of exams performed by these sonograp

SUBMITTER: Stott W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6173132 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature