GYNECOLOGIC ULTRASOUND AND OVARIAN GROWTHS

Dr. Steven R. Goldstein Gynecologic ultrasound and Ovarian growths

Dr Steven R. Goldstein is an obgyn in Manhattan and considered one of the nation’s top doctors in Gynecology. A Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine and former Director of Gynecologic Ultrasound at NYU Langone Medical Center, Dr Goldstein is one of the most highly recognized and regarded individuals in the field of vaginal probe ultrasounds. He has championed painless, non-invasive means of diagnosis such as Transvaginal Ultrasounds and Sonohysterograms over painful, invasive, exploratory surgeries as a first means of diagnosis.

Dr Goldstein says that with the introduction of vaginal probe sonograms into the field of gynecologic ultrasounds over the last 30 years, gynecologic diagnosis has been refined to the point where the overwhelming majority of masses detected are clearly benign and can be left alone without surgery. Unfortunately, many physicians and patients, do not understand that benign ovarian growths do not become malignant.

This may be due to the fact that virtually all other gynecologic cancers (cervix, uterus, and breast) have well defined premalignant stages that we attempt to identify before they become frank malignancies. Many women may feel that their benign ovarian growth or mass may at some point become cancerous and thus surgery is needed to determine whether the growth is cancerous or not. This is not the case. To reiterate - benign ovarian masses which are clearly benign do not become malignant

over time.

Another major reason that the rate of surgery for ovarian cysts and hysterectomy in the United States is twice as high as European countries is because their ability to better understand that gynecologic ultrasound can reliably suggest “benign” is far ahead of most doctors in the United States.

In private practice for over 25 years as a gynecologist in Manhattan, Dr Goldstein has strongly advocated for non-invasive transvaginal ultrasounds and Sonohysterograms as the first option for diagnosis. Unfortunately, many physicians will opt for the more invasive, painful and expensive exploratory surgeries to diagnose whether masses found during bimanual pelvic exams and sonograms are malignant or not.

Dr Steven R Goldstein MD, a leading obgyn in Manhattan, thoroughly examines each of his patients using painless, non-invasive transvaginal ultrasounds and Sonohysterograms to detect any masses or ovarian growths and whether they are clearly benign. These Transvaginal Ultrasounds and Sonohysterograms provide clear images of the female pelvic area, including uterus, ovaries, Fallopian tubes, bladder, adnexa, Pouch of Douglas and findings of the pelvis in striking detail. Opt for these gynecologic ultrasounds instead of exploratory surgeries as a first means of diagnosis.