Assessment of Fetal Kidney Length as a Parameter for Detection of Gestational Age at the Third Trimester of Pregnancy

Abstract

Background: the accurate knowledge of gestational age is a keystone in an obstetrician's ability to successfully manage the antepartum care of a patient and is of critical importance in antenatal test and successful planning of appropriate therapy or intervention. Failure can result in iatrogenic prematurity which is associated with increased perinatal morbidity and mortality.