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The study recruited 72 pregnant females aged 20\u201345\u00a0years with singleton pregnancies and presented with preterm leakage of amniotic fluid. The gestational age was between 28 and 37 weeks. The sonographic appearance of the amniotic membranes close to the internal os was evaluated using transvaginal ultrasound. The membranes were classified as hyperechoic when they showed echogenic similarity to the fetal bones (either skull, femur, or pelvic bones) or normo-echoic. The primary outcome measures were the time interval from admission to delivery and the incidence of spontaneous preterm labor. <\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The mean age of patients was 26.06\u00a0years old, with mean gestational age at hospital entry 32.47, with no statistically significant difference between hyperechoic and normo-echoic membranes groups. The admission to delivery time was longer among the normo-echoic group (20\u00a0days versus 7.1\u00a0days,<jats:italic> p<\/jats:italic> value\u2009=\u20090.001). The incidence of spontaneous preterm delivery was 71.9% in the hyperechoic membranes group versus 50% in the normo-echoic membrane group.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The existence of fetal membranes with increased echogenicity overriding the cervix could anticipate an unavoidable preterm birth in patients diagnosed with preterm premature rupture of membranes.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00404-025-08051-1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,20]],"date-time":"2025-05-20T11:21:53Z","timestamp":1747740113000},"page":"603-610","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Comparison between hyperechoic and normo-echoic amniotic membranes in patients with preterm premature rupture of membranes regarding pregnancy outcome"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"312","author":[{"given":"Tamer Yehia M.","family":"Ali","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bassant F.","family":"Elsayed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ahmed A.","family":"Aboelroose","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mohamed M.","family":"Farrag","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ahmed M.","family":"Gadallah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"8051_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Menon R, Richardson LS (2017). 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