Aly Youssef

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus
rct 2023
Effects of Pelvic Floor Muscle Physiotherapy on Urinary, Bowel, and Sexual Functions in Women with Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) ·doi:10.3390/medicina60010067

Background and Objectives: Endometriosis is a chronic and recurrent disease defined as the presence and proliferation of endometrial glands and stroma outside the uterine cavity. It affects up to 6-10% of women of reproductive age and can b…

observational 2022
Pelvic floor dysfunction at transperineal ultrasound and chronic constipation in women with endometriosis
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ·doi:10.1002/ijgo.14088

OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between sonographic findings at transperineal ultrasound (TPU) and chronic constipation (CC) in women with endometriosis. METHODS: An observational prospective cohort study was performed by enrolling al…

observational 2022
Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Evaluation of Pelvic Floor Muscle Contraction in Women Affected by Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis: Application of a Quick Contraction Scale
Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine ·doi:10.1002/jum.15996

OBJECTIVES: Using transperineal 3D/4D ultrasound, we evaluated the prevalence of the various categories of a 4-point pelvic contraction scale among women affected by ovarian endometriosis (OE), deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE), and hea…

review 2017
Three-dimensional/four-dimensional transperineal ultrasound: clinical utility and future prospects
International journal of women's health ·doi:10.2147/ijwh.s103789

During the last decade, there has been a huge advancement in the use of transperineal ultrasound (TPU) in the field of obstetrics and gynecology. Its main applications in obstetrics include the monitoring of fetal progression in labor and r…