Table 4.
Comparison of results with previous research.
| Pelvis | Areas investigated for DE | Index tests | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This study | Previous literature (author, year) | This study | Previous literature (author, year) | |||
| Anterior compartment | Bladder | TVS | 89.0 | 62.0 (Guerriero, 2015) [4] | 100.0 | 100 (Guerriero, 2015) [4] |
| 100 (Exacoustos, 2014) [12] | 96.8 (Exacoustos, 2014) [12] | |||||
| 44.0 (Savelli, 2009) [23] | 100 (Savelli, 2009) [23] | |||||
| MRI | 100.0 | 64.0 (Medeiros, 2015) [5] | 95.0 | 98.0 (Medeiros, 2015) [5] | ||
| 81.0 (Krüger, 2013) [20] | 94.7 (Krüger, 2013) [20] | |||||
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| Posterior compartment | USL | TVS | 74.0 | 67.0 (Guerriero, 2018) [3] | 67.0 | 86.0 (Guerriero, 2018) [3] |
| MRI | 94.0 | 70.0 (Guerriero, 2018) [3] | 60.0 | 93.0 (Guerriero, 2018) [3] | ||
| 85.0 (Medeiros, 2015) [5] | 80.0 (Medeiros, 2015) [5] | |||||
| 77.5 (Krüger, 2013) [20] | 68.2 (Krüger, 2013) [13] | |||||
| Right USL | TVS | 56.0 | 80.7 (Exacoustos, 2014) [12] | 84.0 | 87.2 (Exacoustos, 2014) [12] | |
| MRI | 94.0 | 93.0 (Bazot, 2011) [24] | 65.0 | 72.0 (Bazot, 2011) [24] | ||
| Left USL | TVS | 81.0 | 82.8 (Exacoustos, 2014) [12] | 100.0 | 85.0 (Exacoustos, 2014) [12] | |
| MRI | 88.0 | 89.0 (Bazot, 2011) [24] | 91.0 | 61.0 (Bazot, 2011) [24] | ||
| Rectum lower/upper | TVS | 100.0 | 89.7§ (Exacoustos, 2014) [12] | 100.0 | 86.2§ (Exacoustos, 2014) [12] | |
| 94.4∗∗ (Exacoustos, 2014) [12] | 84.9∗∗ (Exacoustos, 2014) [12] | |||||
| MRI | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | — | ||
| Rectosigmoid | TVS | 94.0 | 85.0 (Guerriero, 2018) [3] | 84.0 | 96.0 (Guerriero, 2018) [3] | |
| MRI | 94.0 | 85.0 (Guerriero, 2018) [3] | 84.0 | 95.0 (Guerriero, 2018) [3] | ||
| 83.0 (Medeiros,2015) [5] | 88.0 (Medeiros, 2015) [5] | |||||
| 80.2 (Krüger, 2013) [20] | 77.5 (Krüger, 2013) [20] | |||||
| RVS | TVS | 67.0 | 59.0 (Guerriero, 2018) [3] | 100.0 | 97.0 (Guerriero, 2018) [3] | |
| 73.9 (Exacoustos, 2014) [12] | 86.2 (Exacoustos, 2014) [12] | |||||
| MRI | 83.0 | 66.0 (Guerriero, 2018) [3] | 93.0 | 97.0 (Guerriero, 2018) [3] | ||
| 77.0 (Medeiros, 2015) [5] | 95.0 (Medeiros, 2015) [5] | |||||
| Vagina | TVS | 55.0 | 58.6 (Exacoustos, 2014) [12] | 100.0 | 82.7 (Exacoustos, 2014) [12] | |
| MRI | 73.0 | 82.0 (Medeiros, 2015) [5] | 95.0 | 82.0 (Medeiros, 2015) [5] | ||
| 81.4 (Krüger, 2013) [20] | 81.7 (Krüger, 2013) [20] | |||||
§Cranial (upper) rectum. ∗∗Lower (caudal) rectum. DE, deep endometriosis; USL, uterosacral ligaments; RVS, rectovaginal septum; TVS, transvaginal ultrasound; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.