Volume : X, Issue : VI, June - 2020

A Prospective Study on Placental Thickness in Respect of Gestational Age on the basis of Sonography

Ram Krishna Jha

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Background: Placental size reflects the health and size of the fetus. At about the fifth week of gestation, the placenta develops from the chorionic villi at the implantation site and by tenth week, it is clearly visible at sonography as diffuse granular echo texture. This study was aimed at estimating the placental thickness and investigating the relationship between placental thickness and the foetal growth parameters in normal singleton pregnancies Methods: 250 total pregnant women were included in this study. The duration of study was over a period of eleven month. This study was conducted in Department of Radiodiagnosis, Military Hospital Deolali Cantt Nashik, Maharashtra from march 2009 to Jan 2010 Results: Out of 250 antenatal studies, most common placental location was anterior wall, and posterior wall location & lateral location comparatively rarely were seen. In this study observed that placental thickness increase per week of gestation age. Conclusions: This study concludes that, sonographic measurement of placental thickness in singleton pregnancies can be used as an additional tool in the assessment of gestational age due to its linear correlation with gestational age.

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A PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON PLACENTAL THICKNESS IN RESPECT OF GESTATIONAL AGE ON THE BASIS OF SONOGRAPHY, Ram Krishna Jha INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-6 | June-2020

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