Sequential Volume Measurement of Postpartum Uterus Using 3-dimensional Sonographies
- Conditions
- Healthy
- Interventions
- Other: Ultrasound examination
- Registration Number
- NCT00919841
- Lead Sponsor
- Mahidol University
- Brief Summary
Women who naturally deliver a singleton will be invited to participate the study. Weekly transabdominal and/or transvaginal ultrasound examinations will be offered until the uterus is completely involuted. The pattern of involution will be analyzed.
- Detailed Description
Women who naturally deliver a singleton in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital will be invited to participate the study. Weekly transabdominal and/or transvaginal ultrasound examinations will be offered until the uterus is completely involuted. Transabdominal or transvaginal approach will be at the examiner's discretion. Uterine volume will be measured with 3-dimensional sonographic technologies. Ovaries will also be assessed, along with Doppler flow in several vessels in the pelvis. The pattern of involution will be analyzed.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 80
- Women who deliver a singleton vaginally will be invited to participate the study.
- Women who deliver multiple gestation.
- Women who deliver by Cesarean section
- Women who have puerperal complications eg. postpartum hemorrhage or infection
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Postpartum women Ultrasound examination Women who deliver a singleton vaginally
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To create the uterine involution curve after vaginal delivery 7 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess an alteration in Doppler parameters in arcuate, uterine and ovarian arteries after vaginal delivery 7 weeks
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital
🇹ðŸ‡Bangkok, Thailand