Preliminary Results on the Preinduction Cervix Status by Shear Wave Elastography

The mechanical status of the cervix is a key physiological element during pregnancy. By considering successful induction when active phase labor achieved, mapping properties could have predictive potential for management protocols. In this sense, we performed preliminary assessment diagnostic value using shear wave elastography before in 54 women, pregnancy outcome and Cesarean indications. Three anatomical regions standard methods, such as cervical length Bishop score, were compared. To study discriminatory power each method, receiver operating characteristic curve was generated. Differences observed external os region failure to enter group compared vaginal delivery (p < 0.05). area under ROC resulted 68.9%, 65.2% 67.2% os, internal box elastography, respectively, 69.5% 62.2% score. External values shown promise predicting success. This priori information be used prepare with larger sample size, which would reduce effect any bias selection increase other classical techniques.