Donald School Textbook of Transvaginal Sonography (3^rd Ed.)

This book is a comprehensive guide to transvaginal sonography for practitioners.

Divided into five sections, the text begins with discussion on general aspects of ultrasonography and transvaginal scanning.

The following sections cover the use of ultrasonography in a variety if gynaecological and obstetrical circumstances. The final sections cover Doppler sonography and 3D and 4D transvaginal sonography.

The third edition has been fully revised to provide clinicians with the latest advances in their field.

Authored by an internationally recognised team of experts led by Zagreb-based Asim Kurjak and Madrid-based José Bajo Arenas, the text is further enhanced by nearly 700 ultrasound images, photographs, diagrams and tables.   

Key points

• Fully revised, third edition presenting latest advances in transvaginal sonography
• Highly illustrated with nearly 700 ultrasound images, photographs, diagrams and tables
• Internationally recognised editor and author team
• Previous edition (9789350904732) published in 2013

Section 1: General Aspects

• Transvaginal Probe: Technical Aspect
• Basis of Transvaginal Scanning
• Safety of Transvaginal Scan Estimated from Ultrasonic Bioeffects
• Tissue Characterization with Gray Level Histogram Width in Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Transrectal Sonography

Section 2: Obstetrics

• Fetal Anatomy in the First Trimester of Pregnancy
• Ultrasound Imaging of Early Extraembryonic Structures
• Ultrasound Markers of Aneuploidy in the First Trimester
• Early Detection of Fetal Abnormality
• Early Fetal Echocardiography
• Assessment of Fetal Central Nervous System
• Ultrasonographic Signs of Poor Pregnancy Outcome
• Placenta and Transvaginal Sonography
• Assessment of Placental Vascularization by 3D Power Doppler Ultrasound “Placental Biopsy” in Normal Pregnancies
• Cervical Measurements and Preterm Labor
• Transvaginal Assessment of the Cervix
• Cervix in the First Trimester of Pregnancy
• Transvaginal Sonography in Multiple Pregnancy

Section 3: Gynecology and Infertility

• Uterine Lesions
• 2D and 3D Power Doppler Ultrasound Study of Endometrium as Implantation Marker
• Follicular Monitoring
• Asymptomatic Simple Ovarian Cyst in Postmenopausal Women: Syndrome of “Visible Ovary”
• Transvaginal Sonography in Evaluation of Functional Ovarian Cysts
• Baseline Scan and Ultrasound Diagnosis of PCOS
• Hormone Replacement Therapy: Ultrasound Role
• Ectopic Pregnancy
• Female Pelvic Floor: Descriptive Anatomy and Clinical Exploration by Transvaginal Ultrasound Echography
• Sonography of the Pelvic Infection
• Sonohysterography
• Transvaginal Sonography in Postmenopausal Women
• Use of Different Ultrasound Techniques in the Field of Urogynecology

Section 4: Doppler Sonography

• Physical Principles of the Doppler Effect and Its Application in Medicine
• Use of Ultrasound in the Field of Infertility
• Chorionic Volume and Intervillous Blood Flow in Normal First Trimester of Pregnancies Assessed by 3D Power Doppler Ultrasound
• Doppler Evaluation of the Ovary: Clinical Applications and Challenges

Section 5: 3D and 4D Transvaginal Sonography

• Three-Dimensional Sonoembryology
• Cesarean Scar Hysterotomy: Assessment by 3D Transvaginal Echography
• Assessment of Normal and Abnormal Ovaries by Transvaginal Sonography
• Screening for Ovarian Cancer by Different Modes of Transvaginal Sonography
• Four-Dimensional Technical Aspects
• Fetal Upper Limb Movement in the First Half of Pregnancy Detected by Transvaginal 4D Ultrasound

Asim Kurjak MD PhD
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical School University of Zagreb, Croatia

José Bajo Arenas MD PhD
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Autónoma University of Madrid, Spain