Assessing vaginal wall thickness by transvaginal ultrasound in breast cancer survivors: A pilot study

Vaginal wall thickness as potential biomarker of vaginal health. A proposal for standardized ultrasound measurement using three‐dimensional transvaginal ultrasound

“…More recently, Ros et al have reported a further study using a similar approach to Pereira's method, but measuring the vaginal wall at the four quadrants; that is, not only measuring the anterior and posterior vaginal walls but also the right and left lateral walls. 10 These measurements were performed in the proximal third of the vagina, "near the cervix" (it was not specified where exactly the measurements were performed). These authors did not assess the interobserver repeatability of this approach.…”

“…As vaginal wall thinning is a real phenomenon in the GSM, ultrasound measurement of vaginal wall thickness has been proposed as a potential biomarker of vaginal health. In fact, some authors have advocated this measurement using ultrasound 5–11 . However, we observed that there is no standardized approach for measuring vaginal wall thickness.…”

“…In fact, some authors have advocated this measurement using ultrasound. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11] However, we observed that there is no standardized approach for measuring vaginal wall thickness. For this reason, in the present manuscript, we aimed to propose a standardized method using three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound for measuring vaginal wall thickness by ultrasound as well as assessing the reproducibility of this measurement.…”

A Novel Method for the Measurement of the Vaginal Wall Thickness by Transvaginal Ultrasound: A Study of Inter- and Intra-Observer Reliability

“…In this manuscript, we aimed to evaluate a novel methodology for the measurement of vaginal wall thickness utilizing a transvaginal biplanar ultrasound probe. For the measurement of vaginal wall thickness (VWT), various ultrasound techniques have been proposed in the literature [ 3 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 ], both transabdominal and transvaginal and both 2D and 3D at high frequency. Panayi first described a transvaginal US technique to measure the thickness of the vaginal wall at various anatomical sites, including the bladder neck, anterior and posterior fornix, and rectum [ 21 ].…”

“…More recently, Ros [ 35 ] conducted a study following a transvaginal approach, with vaginal distension like Pereira’s method [ 33 ], but measuring vaginal wall thickness in the four quadrants, addressing not only the anterior and posterior vaginal walls but also the right and left lateral walls. Measurements were taken in the proximal third of the vagina, “near the cervix”, although the specific measurement locations were not specified [ 35 ].…”