Clinical application of cervical shear wave elastography in predicting the risk of preterm delivery in DCDA twin pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Limited studies have used cervical shear wave elastography (SWE) as a tool to investigate the predictive effect of cervical changes on preterm delivery (PTD) in twin pregnancy. This study is aimed to predict the risk of PTD by cervical SWE in dichorionic diamniotic (DCDA) twin pregnancy.

Methods

A total of 138 women with dichorionic diamniotic (DCDA) twins were included in this prospective study. The mean SWE value of the cervix was obtained from the inner, middle and outer regions of the anterior and posterior cervical lips using a transvaginal ultrasound transducer and measured consecutively across three different gestations (20-23^+ 6 weeks, 24-27^+ 6 weeks, and 28-32 weeks). Follow-up was performed on all subjects, and we compared the mean

SUBMITTER: Sun J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8919632 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature