Use of ultrasound fetal shoulder soft tissue thickness measurement in estimation of fetal weight

ALIYEVA M., Aydin S.

JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY RESEARCH, vol.47, no.5, pp.1727-1734, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 47 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/jog.14728
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Page Numbers: pp.1727-1734
  • Keywords: biometry, fetal weight, shoulder thickness, soft tissue thickness, ultrasonography
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Aims Birth weight (BW) estimation with ultrasound is of great importance in delivery decision and management of complications of delivery. The aim was to evaluate the effect of femur, humerus, and clavicular soft tissue thickness on BW and developed a formula for proper estimation of fetal weight.