Uterine scar: ultrasound methods of diagnosis and assessment

Obstetrician-gynecologist, physician in ultrasound diagnostics of the highest category, head of the ultrasound diagnostics department (Interdistrict Center for Prenatal Ultrasound Diagnostics) of the City Clinical Hospital No. 1 healthcare institution in Minsk, associate professor, candidate of medical sciences, dean of the Faculty of Public Health and Health Care at BelMAPO.

Tikhonenko Irina Vladimirovna graduated from Minsk State Medical Institute with a degree in General Medicine (1992), then completed a clinical residency in obstetrics and gynecology. She holds professional retraining in the specialties of Ultrasound Diagnostics and Health Care Organization. Throughout her career she has purposefully developed her expertise in prenatal diagnostics: she has completed numerous advanced-training cycles in prenatal ultrasound diagnostics of fetal congenital malformations, Doppler imaging, ultrasound diagnostics in gynecology and mammology, neurosonography, as well as in health care management and economics.

Irina Vladimirovna is the chief freelance specialist in prenatal diagnostics of the Health Care Committee of the Minsk City Executive Committee and a regular speaker at city, national, and international conferences and seminars.

She is the ambassador of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) in Eastern Europe, actively participating in international educational projects and the promotion of modern standards of prenatal screening.

Irina Vladimirovna's research interests are related to improving ultrasound diagnostic techniques in obstetrics and gynecology, prenatal diagnosis of fetal tumors, and disorders of the fetal condition. She is the author and co-author of publications in specialized journals, including "Prenatal Diagnosis" (space-occupying lesions of the fetal pelvis and perineum, ovarian cysts, teratomas, Ebstein's anomaly, etc.). In educational projects, including those of the Medtrain Training Center, Irina Vladimirovna emphasizes standardized protocols of prenatal screening, practice-oriented analysis of complex clinical cases, and the close connection between the ultrasound picture and pregnancy management tactics.