Evaluation of Placenta in Pregnant Ladies at Omdurman Maternity Hospital Using Ultasound

Abstract

This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in Omdurman Maternal hospital. Abnormal placental development my causes major maternal and fetal complication there for the normal placenta feature shoud be well evaluated so as to discovered the abnormalities and correlate with fetal condition . The duration of study was from June 2016 to November 2016on 50pregnant women in second and third trimesters in group of age between 15 to 40 years old were choosing to this study. The main aim of this study is to evaluate the placenta development in pregnant Sudanese ladies using Ultrasonography. After ultrasound scan and analyzed using Statistical Package for social sciences we found that about 96% of them have normal placenta site and only 4% are abnormal, 2% of them are placenta previa and 2% are low lying placenta, and also the study showed the texture of placenta in this indicate that 62% are homogeneous texture while the other are heterogeneous, also the study characterized the four grading of placenta (0, 1, 2, 3), and the thickness of placenta, the study reveal that about 78% have normal placenta thickness and 22% abnormal thickness (more than 4cm)but the abnormal placenta doesn’t lead to any abnormality of maternal fetus which need more researches and studies to understand this characterize in Sudanese women. Beside the study results connected with placenta thickness and the fetus’s age and the comparative between amniotic fluid index and the placenta grading From the study was clearly there is strong relationship and close association between the fetus weight and placenta thickness and grading and also ultrasound is very informative investigation method in evaluation and diagnosis of various placenta situations and disorders. In this study we found that the abnormal placenta thickness doesn’t lead to any abnormality on maternal or her fetus in Sudanese pregnant ladies, so the study recommended that further studies shoud be done .