title: [Vaginal sonography in the diagnosis of premature rupture of fetal membranes].
abstract: 68 patients have been examined by vaginal scanning one time in the second and third trimester of pregnancy. Chorion and amnion could be correctly identified in 89.7%. It was possible to recognize rupture of the membranes using a vaginal scan probe in 17 patients.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sydow
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hengst
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lisse
mesh_terms: D000650:Amnion / Q000473:pathology; D002823:Chorion / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005322:Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*; D014621:Vagina
vernacular_title: Vaginosonographie zur Diagnostik des vorzeitigen Blasensprunges.