Diagnostic Accuracy of Doppler Ultrasound and Role of Uterine Artery Doppler

Kasr El Aini Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Placenta Accreta

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: ultrasound and doppler

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03530475

5000

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will be conducted on (100) pregnant women diagnosed as placenta previa by ultrasonography and are candidates for either emergency or elective repeated cesarean section or hysterectomy (if the diagnosis of placenta accreta is confirmed).

All of those patients are presenting during the period of may 2018 to july 2018 to Kasr-Al Ainy Obstetrics outpatient clinic or casualty department during their 3rd trimester.

All of them will be assorted according to certain inclusion and exclusion criterions as follow:

Full description

This study will be conducted on (100) pregnant women diagnosed as placenta previa by ultrasonography and are candidates for either emergency or elective repeated cesarean section or hysterectomy (if the diagnosis of placenta accreta is confirmed).

Those patients are attending to Kasr-Al Ainy Obstetrics outpatient clinic or casualty department during their 3rd trimester.

Ultrasound and doppler will be done to all patients to diagnose placenta accreta . The diagnosis will be confirmed by intraoperative assessments and histopathological examination of the uterus after cesarean hysterectomy

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Criteria:Inclusion Criteria

• Gestational age more than 28 weeks
• Single living fetus.
• One or more cesarean section or hysterotomy.
• Placenta previa (all grades) with high possibility of morbidly adherent placenta accreta (all types).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Maternal chronic medical disorder (diabetes mellitus or hypertension).
• Pregnancy induced disorders (pre-eclampsia or gestational diabetes).
• Associated fetal anomalies.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

placenta previa

Active Comparator group

Description:

cases diagnosed as placenta previa diagnosed by ultrasound and doppler

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: ultrasound and doppler

placenta accreta

Active Comparator group

Description:

placenta previa diagnosed as placenta accreta by ultrasound and doppler

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: ultrasound and doppler