Abstract:
The study aimed to estimate the correlation between the
placenta thickness and gestational age . the study was done on 50
normal pregnant Sudanese women in 2nd and 3rd trimesters. The
data used in the study were collected from deprtment of ultrasound
in alsuadi hospital, madani hospital, and bashair hospital during
June 2016. The used ultrasound device was sonoscape and mindray
–digiprince DP-20”, 3.5MHz convex probe. It was found that the
placenta thickness increase with gestational age and there is
statistically significant positive correlation between PT and
gestational age. it is recommended that uses the placental thickness
as a parameter in estimating gestational age need further testing in
order to be applicable and installed in ultrasound machine . it is
also recommended to estimate the gestational age using placenta
thickness with abnormal pregnancies
