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Table 2 Ultrasonic signs related to hysterectomy and blood loss in surgery

From: Prediction of cesarean hysterectomy in placenta previa complicated with prior cesarean: a retrospective study

 

Hysterectomy

Control

P value

Number

25

194

 

Vascular lacunae (%)

17(68)

16(8.2)

< 0.001

Loss of normal hypoechoic retroplacental zone (%)

22(88)

9(4.6)

< 0.001

Retroplacental myometrial thinness (%)

4(16)

5(2.6)

0.011

Placental thickness (%)

12(48)

8(4.1)

< 0.001

Central Placenta previa (%)

22(88)

56(28.9)

< 0.001

Anterior Placenta previa (%)

25(100)

102(54.8)

< 0.001