Correlation between Ultrasound Findings of Ectopic Pregnancy And Operative Findings in Sudanese Women

Khairy S Ismail¹, Aisha A Geilani¹, Afaq Abdelaziz¹, Hassan A Elkheir²*, Sarah A M Musaad¹, Osama G E¹, Mohaya Elfatih A Elaziz¹, Dalia Mageed¹, Khadiga Abdalla¹, Rabee Aljack¹, Abdalla Elmahgoub¹, Suaad Elnour¹, Kunna A³ and Umbeli Taha¹

Received: December 22, 2017;   Published: January 11, 2018

DOI: 10.32474/IGWHC.2018.01.000103

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Abstract

Designs and objectives This study is a prospective, descriptive, hospital-based study, done in Omdurman Maternity Hospital and Omdurman New Hospital, to assess correlation between ultrasound findings of ectopic pregnancy and operative findings in Sudanese women.

Methods: The study was conducted on patients attended to gynecological Casualty with vaginal bleeding and abdominal pain in early pregnancy diagnosed as Ectopic pregnancy, ultrasound done to all the patients, with direct interview using predesigned questionnaire, and all of these is after consent obtained, ultrasonic findings was correlated to the intraoperative findings, sensitivity of the ultrasound was calculated using SPSS.

Results: out of 110 women, the most common age was 20-30 years (48.2%), multiparous were predominated by (53.6%). The commonest risk factors included; history of IUCD usage found in (52.7%), history of PID in (29.1%), history of abdomino-pelvic surgery in (24.5%), and history of ectopic pregnancy in (6.4%). On examination, there were (71.8%) women were stable, abdominal tenderness found in (54.5%), pallor in (57.3%), and (10%) of women were shocked. Sensitivity of U/S in diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy was 97.3%.

Conclusion: It was concluded that, U/S is reliable tool for diagnosing ectopic pregnancy

Keywords: Ectopic Pregnancy; Ultrasound Intraoperative; Sudan

Abbrevations: TVUS: Transvaginal Ultrasound; TAUS: Transabdominal Ultrasound; SPPS: Statistical Package for Social Science

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