DETECTION OF THE SMALL‐FOR‐DATES TWIN FETUS BY ULTRASOUND
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 88 (1) , 27-32
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb00932.x
Abstract
As methods for identifying small-for-date fetuses in twin pregnancies, serial ultrasonic cephalometry and a new 2-stage ultrasound examination schedule were evaluated and compared. Serial cephalometry is associated with technical problems, and only 24 (56%) of 43 small-for-date fetuses in 66 retrospectively studied twin pregnancies showed detectably abnormal biparietal diameter growth. The 2-stage schedule comprises an accurate assessment of gestational age in early pregnancy, and determination of the product of the crown-rump length and trunk area at 34-36 wk; this identified all 15 small-for-date fetuses in 21 prospectively studied twin pregnancies, and the method offers several other advantages over serial cephalometry.This publication has 27 references indexed in Scilit:
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