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Role of Trans-Vaginal
Ultrasonography in the Prediction of Preterm Labor Departments of Radiology(1) and Gynecology & Obstetrics(2), Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt
Aim: To evaluate the role of the transvaginal ultrasound in
assessment of cervical length and the presence of funneling as
reliable method to predict preterm labor. Patients & methods: Fifty
pregnant women between 23- 33 weeks of gestation who visited
ante-natal clinic or admitted in Tanta university hospital with at
least prior one spontaneous mid trimestric loss or prior one preterm
labor were controlled in this study after informed consent. These
women were subjected to Transvaginal sonography to measure cervical
length and detected funneling of internal os. Then they were
followed up to determine gestational age at delivery. Results:
During the current study fifty pregnant women between 23- 33 weeks
of gestation were subjected to transvaginal sonography to measure
cervical length and detected funneling of internal os as reliable
method to predict preterm labor. From 14 cases with cervical
funneling, 13 cases delivered preterm and 1 case delivered at full
term . Thirty patients displayed cervical length less than 3.1 cm
were delivered preterm. Conclusion: Estimation of cervical length
and funneling of internal os by transvaginal ultrasonography is
sensitive method which can predict occurrence of preterm labor
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