The ENZIAN score as a preoperative MRI-based classification instrument for deep infiltrating endometriosis.
Laurin BurlaDavid ScheinerEleftherios Pierre SamartzisStefan SeidelMarkus EberhardDaniel FinkAndreas BossPatrick ImeschPublished in: Archives of gynecology and obstetrics (2019)
The MRI-based ENZIAN score correlates well with the intraoperative findings, enabling a better planning of the surgical procedure for patients and physicians. However, considerable difficulty and a poorer comparability result from the variations in sequences used in the detection of this multifaceted disease. Therefore, a standardization of MRI protocols used in the detection of DIE will be a crucial step towards increased diagnostic validity and the ENZIAN score may be used as an anatomical land map and valuable communication tool between radiologists and gynecologists.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- end stage renal disease
- diffusion weighted imaging
- patients undergoing
- primary care
- ejection fraction
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- patient reported outcomes
- machine learning
- climate change
- real time pcr
- deep learning
- peritoneal dialysis
- minimally invasive
- patient reported