NCT06100640

Paracervical Pouch in Placenta Accreta Spectrum

Paracervical Pouch Significance in Placenta Accreta Spectrum

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 190 (actual)
• Sponsor: Alexandria University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 19 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study objective is the significance of the ultrasound detection of the paracervical pouch in placenta accreta spectrum. It aimed to evaluate its relation to the degree of placenta accreta spectrum, amount of the blood loss and the number of packed red blood cells transfused.

Detailed description

The study will be carried on patients diagnosed with placenta previa or placenta accreta spectrum and had at least one caesarean section. The study will be divided into 2 groups of 70 patients at least per each. The first group will include patients in whom a paracervical pouch is detected, and the second group will include patients in whom the pouch is not detected by transvaginal ultrasound. paracervical pouch is defined ultrasonographic as the downward displacement of the uterine serosa from the level of the cervical internal os

Conditions

• Placenta Accreta

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-12-30
• Primary completion: 2024-11-30
• Completion: 2025-03-10
• First posted: 2023-10-25
• Last updated: 2025-03-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt