Ultrasound foetal biometry in the town of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In connection with a cohort of 126 pregnant women

Purpose: This inquiry on the ultrasound fetal biometry in the town of Ouaga dougou aimed to study the fetal growth through the ultrasound biometry in o rder to compare it with other authors's works and to lay down a local chart . Patients and Methods: This prospective study led from March 1997 to April 1 998 The follow-up of 126 pregnant women allowed to lay down the graphs of f ollowing elements: biparietal diameter, cephalic circumference, tranverse a bdominal diameter, abdominal circonference and femur. Results: The average age of the subjects was 26 years old +/-0.8 and 52.4% of them elonged to an average socioeconomic level. Ail the studied paramete rs were closely connected with the age of pregnancy. The DAT and the abdomi nal circonference presented the greatest correlation (0.998). The compariso n of our growth graphs with those of others authors led to notice significa nt differences as well as with african, european and american graphs. Conclusion: There is a need to lay down local charts in order to have a bes t estimation of the pregnancy age and the fetal growth.