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The uterine ‘sliding sign’ manoeuvre is being performed by applying gentle pressure with the transvaginal transducer to the posterior vaginal fornix. The posterior wall of this retroverted uterus and the adjacent anterior rectal wall are not seen to move apart freely suggesting obliteration of the pouch of Douglas.
