Preoperative sonographic staging in patients with suspected parametrial endometriosis
is essential to plan the surgical intervention and to anticipate the need for a multidisciplinary
approach, and hence optimize surgical outcome. The results of a recent metanalysis
suggest that defining more accurately the ultrasonographic criteria of parametrial
involvement in endometriosis is needed. The aim of this addendum to the IDEA‐consensus
is to highlight the sonographic characteristics of the parametrium and identify ultrasound
techniques to diagnose deep endometriosis in this area.
