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Table 5 Comparison of ultrasound and laparoscopy for the assessment of severity of ovarian adhesions

From: Ultrasound mapping of pelvic endometriosis: does the location and number of lesions affect the diagnostic accuracy? a multicentre diagnostic accuracy study

 

TVS assessment of ovarian adhesions

Laparoscopic assessment of ovarian adhesions

Absent

Minimal

Moderate

Severe

Total

Absent

238

6

5

10

259 (65.4%)

Minimal

10

3

0

1

14 (3.5%)

Moderate

7

1

4

8

20 (5.1%)

Severe

11

1

5

86

103 (26.0%)

Total

266 (67.2%)

11 (2.8%)

14 (3.5%)

105 (26.5%)

396

  1. Weighted Kappa = 0.801 (standard error (Kw’ = 0) 0.050 and (Kw’#0) 0.031).