Diagnostic Accuracy of Ultrasound and MRI in the Mapping of Deep Pelvic Endometriosis Using the International Deep Endometriosis Analysis (IDEA) Consensus

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]
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.