A Study of Placenta Localization in Pregnant Women with Previous Caesarean Section using Ultrasound

Abstract

This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted at the department of obstetrics and gynecology in soba teaching hospitalit was conduct during the period from April to august2019. The main aim was to assess the association of placenta location with previous caesarean section (CS) in pregnant woman. In antenatal Clinic as per protocol 60 pregnant women were scanned in their second and third Trimester for fetal wellbeing and placental localization after taking a detailed Obstetrical history and clinical examination. All women without previous caesarean Section were excluded. Methodology the data collection from pt by data collection Sheet and analysed by SPSS. The study found that the most common placental location site in association with caesarean section for participants was posterior (46.7%), or anterior (25%), while (table 4.7) the placental location site in association with caesarean section was statistical significantly different and it correlated to the variety of No. of scars. The incidence of placenta Previa was significantly increased in those with a previous caesarean section and (Ahmed et al., 2015), placenta Previa was highly significantly associated with previous caesarean section.