Ultrasound of the Uterosacral Ligament, Parametrium, and Paracervix: Disagreement in Terminology between Imaging Anatomy and Modern Gynecologic Surgery.

ABSTRACT: Ultrasound is an effective tool to detect and characterize lesions of the uterosacral ligament, parametrium, and paracervix. They may be the site of diseases such as endometriosis and the later stages of cervical cancer. Endometriosis and advanced stages of cervical cancer may infiltrate the parametrium and may also involve the ureter, resulting in a more complex surgery. New functional, surgical anatomy requires the complete diagnostic description of retroperitoneal spaces and tissues that contain vessels and nerves. Most endometriosis lesions and cervical cancer spread involve the cervical section of the uterosacral ligament, which is close to tissues, namely the parametrium and paracervix, which contain vessels and important nerves and nerve anastomoses of the inferior hypogastric plexu

SUBMITTER: Scioscia M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7865545 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature