Posterior cervical angle and cervical length in predicting the successful induction of labour in nulliparous woman | ||||
Evidence Based Women's Health Journal | ||||
Article 5, Volume 10, Issue 1, February 2020, Page 31-36 PDF (520.69 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ebwhj.2019.17770.1037 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Karam Mohamed Bayoumy1; Amr Helmy Yehia1; Mohammed Mahmoud Salman1; Nada Magdy Alkady 2 | ||||
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
2Obstetrics and gynecology department,Ain Shams University, cairo | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Objective:To assess the value of pre-induction sonographic assessment of the posterior cervical angle (PCA) and cervical length in the prediction of successful induction of labor (IOL). Patients and Methods:The present prospective observational study included IOL candidates who had their PCA and cervical length assessed by transvaginal ultrasonography and the Bishop score at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Ain-Shams Maternity Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, from 1st November 2018 to 31st May 2019. The accuracy of these tests in predicting successful IOL (defined as vaginal delivery) was compared. Results: The analysis included 41 women with successful IOL and 29 women with unsuccessful IOL. The suggested cutoffs for the prediction of successful IOL were a PCA of more than 100°, a cervical length of less than 31 mm, and a Bishop score of more than four. The areas under the receiver operating characteristics curves for these three measures were not significantly different. However, a PCA of more than 100° had the best sensitivity (87.80%), specificity (86.21), positive predictive value (90%), negative predictive value (83.3%) compared with the other two predictors. Conclusion: Posterior cervical angle had the best accuracy in predicting successful induction of labor compared with the cervical length and the Bishop score | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Cervical length; induction of labor; posterior cervical angle | ||||
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