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- Clinical Trial NCT05972915
Separation Sign: New Ultrasound Sign to Rule Out Placenta Accreta
Separation Sign: New Ultrasound Sign to Rule Out Diagnosis of Placenta Accreta
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
A prospective Observational Cohort study The study population includes high-risk cohort of women was defined as those who had placenta previa or an anterior low-lying placenta, in addition to at least one previous Cesarean delivery. They will be asked to participate in the study after been evaluated to ensure fulfilling inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Women will be enrolled in the study after giving written informed consent
The patients will be submitted to:
**Full history taking including: Details of gestational age at the time of scanning, maternal age and risk factors , history of dilatation and curettage, in-vitro fertilization and other previous uterine surgery were assessed.
***Detailed trans-abdominal sonographic examination of the placenta was performed, assessing standard ultrasound markers of PAS. Two experienced sonographic operators performed all examinations using (Toshiba Xario 200) with 3D/4D curved-array trans-abdominal transducer (4-8.5 MHz). All examinations were performed with a full bladder, defined as a volume between 250mL 500mL quantified using the inbuilt ellipsoid volume calculation.
To assess for the separation sign, pressure was applied using an ultrasound probe so that the hypoechoic retroplacental clear zone normally observed between the placenta and myometrium disappeared. The pressure was then rapidly released in order to generate the force required to see movement. On release, in cases with normal placentation, the non-elastic placenta keeps moving away from the probe after the highly elastic myometrium has 'snapped' back into place. This sometimes causes the placenta either to keep moving briefly or even to 'bounce' and leads to the appearance or enhancement of the clear zone. With a negative separation sign, no separate movement of the placenta from the myometrium can be seen. The separation sign was recorded as positive if separation of the myometrium from the placenta was observed in all areas of the placenta. The sign was recorded as negative if the myometrium and placenta moved as one structure and no clear zone could be seen over any part of the placenta after release, even if separation was noted at the margins of the placenta. Classification into positive or negative separation sign was highly stringent and, in case of any doubt, the result was recorded as uncertain. The latter occurred most often when the images obtained were suboptimal, for example, owing to tissue attenuation, high body mass index (BMI) or significant scarring. If women were scanned on multiple occasions, the separation sign result obtained closest to 28 weeks' gestation was used in order to minimize differences in scanning over the course of gestation.
***Based on histopathology results in cases in which hysterectomy was performed. A diagnosis of PAS was excluded if the placenta separated spontaneously at delivery, was delivered by controlled cord traction or was delivered by simple manual removal. Histopathological analysis was carried out by a pathologist with expertise in PAS, with the specific sampling site marked by the surgical team according to intrapartum findings. The pathologists were blinded to the separation sign classification but not to surgical findings.
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Beni-suef University
- Phone Number: 02 082 2318605
- Email: fom@med.bsu.edu.eg
Study Locations
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Beni Suef
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Banī Suwayf, Beni Suef, Egypt, 62521
- Beni-Suef University hospital
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Sampling Method
Study Population
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
History of previous cesarean section or hysterotomy.
- Placenta previa or low lying anterior placenta.
- From 28 wks to Full term.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Multiple pregnancies.
- Medical disorder as diabetes mellitus, hypertension. 3. Obese patients. BMI > 30 4. Intrauterine growth retardation.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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separation sign
Time Frame: 1 month before delivery
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The separation sign was recorded as positive if separation of the myometrium from the placenta was observed in all areas of the placenta.
The sign was recorded as negative if the myometrium and placenta moved as one structure and no clear zone could be seen over any part of the placenta after release, even if separation was noted at the margins of the placenta.
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1 month before delivery
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Collaborators and Investigators
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Study Start (Estimated)
Primary Completion (Estimated)
Study Completion (Estimated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
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More Information
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Other Study ID Numbers
- Separation sign
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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