Risks of fetomaternal hemorrhage resulting from amniocentesis with and without ultrasound placental localization.

  • 1 October 1975
    • journal article
    • Vol. 46  (4) , 389-91
Abstract
The incidence of multiple abdominal punctures, blood-stained aspirates, and fetomaternal transfusion was compared in patients undergoin amniocentesis at various stages of pregnancy with and without prior placental localization by ultrasound. A lower incidence of complications was found in those on whom ultrasound examination had been performed.

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