[Prenatal ultrasonographic evaluation of fetal limbs anatomy and fetal limbs malformations using a systematic continuous sequence approach].

Objective: To review the value of ultrasonographic evaluation on fetal limbs anatomy and malformations in prenatal diagnosis using a systematic continuous sequence approach (SCSA).

Methods: Successive 4,932 prenatal ultrasonographic evaluation during gestation aging 14 - 40 weeks from August 2000 to September 2002 entered the present review. SCSA was applied to scan each limb of the fetus respectively.