Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate obstetrical and perinatal outcomes in fetuses with short femur length diagnosed before or after 24 weeks of gestation. Study Design: This was a prospective cohort study on singleton pregnancies with a diagnosis of fetal femur < 5 centile. Included patients were divided into two groups: patients with a first diagnosis of femur length < 5th percentile at 14-24 weeks (group A) and those with the first diagnosis made at > 24 weeks (group B). Results: 147 patients were included for the analysis. Group A and group B included 66 (44.9%) and 81 (55.1%) cases. Abnormal fetal karyotype and skeletal dysplasia rates were significantly higher (27.3% vs 3.7%,P < 0.001 and 19.7% vs 3.7%, P = 0.002) in group A. Women in group B had a higher incidence of small for gestational age and intrauterine growth restriction (7.6% vs 24.7%, P = 0.007 and 19.7% vs 44.4%, P = 0.002). There was a significant higher incidence of live births in group B (34.9% vs 97.5%, P < 0.001), while the rate of termination of pregnancy was increased in group A (56.1% vs 1.2%, P < 0.001). No significant difference was found in perinatal outcomes of live births, when comparing group A and B. Conclusions: The incidence of abnormal karyotype and skeletal dysplasia is higher when short femur length diagnosed earlier in gestation, while the incidence of small for gestational age, intrauterine growth restriction and the rate of live births are significantly increased when short femur length is diagnosed later during pregnancy.

Obstetrical and perinatal outcomes in fetuses with early versus late sonographic diagnosis of short femur length: a single-center, prospective, cohort study / D'Ambrosio, V.; Vena, F.; Boccherini, C.; Di Mascio, D.; Squarcella, A.; Corno, S.; Pajno, C.; Pizzuti, A.; Piccioni, M. G.; Brunelli, R.; Giancotti, A.. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY, AND REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY. - ISSN 0301-2115. - 254:(2020), pp. 170-174. [10.1016/j.ejogrb.2020.09.026]

Obstetrical and perinatal outcomes in fetuses with early versus late sonographic diagnosis of short femur length: a single-center, prospective, cohort study

D'Ambrosio V.
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Vena F.;Boccherini C.;Di Mascio D.;Squarcella A.;Corno S.;Pajno C.;Pizzuti A.;Piccioni M. G.;Brunelli R.;Giancotti A.
2020

Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate obstetrical and perinatal outcomes in fetuses with short femur length diagnosed before or after 24 weeks of gestation. Study Design: This was a prospective cohort study on singleton pregnancies with a diagnosis of fetal femur < 5 centile. Included patients were divided into two groups: patients with a first diagnosis of femur length < 5th percentile at 14-24 weeks (group A) and those with the first diagnosis made at > 24 weeks (group B). Results: 147 patients were included for the analysis. Group A and group B included 66 (44.9%) and 81 (55.1%) cases. Abnormal fetal karyotype and skeletal dysplasia rates were significantly higher (27.3% vs 3.7%,P < 0.001 and 19.7% vs 3.7%, P = 0.002) in group A. Women in group B had a higher incidence of small for gestational age and intrauterine growth restriction (7.6% vs 24.7%, P = 0.007 and 19.7% vs 44.4%, P = 0.002). There was a significant higher incidence of live births in group B (34.9% vs 97.5%, P < 0.001), while the rate of termination of pregnancy was increased in group A (56.1% vs 1.2%, P < 0.001). No significant difference was found in perinatal outcomes of live births, when comparing group A and B. Conclusions: The incidence of abnormal karyotype and skeletal dysplasia is higher when short femur length diagnosed earlier in gestation, while the incidence of small for gestational age, intrauterine growth restriction and the rate of live births are significantly increased when short femur length is diagnosed later during pregnancy.
2020
intrauterine growth restriction; karyotype; obstetrical outcomes; short femur length; skeletal dysplasia; small for gestational age
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Obstetrical and perinatal outcomes in fetuses with early versus late sonographic diagnosis of short femur length: a single-center, prospective, cohort study / D'Ambrosio, V.; Vena, F.; Boccherini, C.; Di Mascio, D.; Squarcella, A.; Corno, S.; Pajno, C.; Pizzuti, A.; Piccioni, M. G.; Brunelli, R.; Giancotti, A.. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY, AND REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY. - ISSN 0301-2115. - 254:(2020), pp. 170-174. [10.1016/j.ejogrb.2020.09.026]
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