Uterocervical Angle in the Termination of Second Trimester Pregnancy

Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Abortion, Second Trimester

Treatments: Other: uterocervical angle

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03220607

2016/5

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the performance of uterocervical angle (UCA) in the prediction of second trimester terminations.

Full description

Medical termination of pregnancy is a common procedure in obstetrics. In recent years, uterocervical angle (UCA) emerged as a new ultrasound parameter in the prediction of labor. Dziadosz et al concluded that the performance of UCA was even better than the cervical length in their cohort. A wide UCA during second trimester shown to have an increased risk of preterm labor and narrow angle was less likely to have labor.

The investigators are aimed to investigate predictive role of both cervical length and UCA in the termination of second trimester pregnancy.The investigators focused on nulliparous women who are taking misoprostol for the cervical preparation and aim to measure their UCA.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Nulliparous singleton pregnancy
• no previous systemic illnesses

Exclusion criteria

• abnormal Pap smear
• previous cesarean section
• history of dilatation and curettage (D&C)
• history of LEEP and cervical conization

Trial design

120 participants in 1 patient group

Medical induced abortion

Description:

120 singleton nulliparous patients are planning to complete the study period. Study group constitute of second trimester pregnancies between 14-24 weeks of gestation. All participants were nulliparous and had no systemic illnesses. The uterocervical angle will be measured in all participants before the induction of labor.

Treatment:

Other: uterocervical angle