ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN THE EVALUATION OF INTRA-UTERINE TRANSFUSION

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 53  (5) , 656-659
Abstract
Numerous techniques were described in the literature to aid the obstetrician in safely and easily performing an intrauterine transfusion. None addressed the question of whether the transfused cells actually enter the fetal peritoneal cavity. Gray-scale ultrasonography was used to evaluate this question in 4 patients who had undergone a total of 8 intrauterine transfusions. Scanning of the fetal abdomen both before and after the transfusion identified the transfused fluid within the fetal abdomen in all cases.

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