Evaluation of First-Trimester Physiological Midgut Herniation Using Three-Dimensional Ultrasound.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The aim of this study was to investigate the development of midgut herniation in vivo using three-dimensional (3D) ultrasonographic volume and distance measurements and to create reference data for physiological midgut herniation in ongoing pregnancies in a tertiary hospital population.

Materials and methods

The transvaginal 3D ultrasound volumes of 112 women, seen weekly during the first trimester of pregnancy, were obtained and subsequently analysed in a virtual reality environment. The width of the umbilical cord insertion, the maximum diameter of the umbilical cord, and the volume of midgut herniation were measured from 6 until 13 weeks gestational age (GA).

Results

All parameters had a positive relation with GA, crown-rump length, and abdominal circu

SUBMITTER: Bogers H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6549455 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature