PLEUROAMNIOTIC SHUNTING FOR DECOMPRESSION OF FETAL PLEURAL EFFUSIONS

  • 1 May 1988
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 71  (5) , 798-800
Abstract
Pleuroamniotic shunting was performed at 22-35 weeks'' gestation in 11 fetuses with pleural effusions. Eight of the infants, born two to 16 weeks after shunting, had no evidence of pulmonary hypoplasia. Three died in the neonatal period; one because of Pseudomonas septicemia, one because of pulmonary hypoplasia caused by an associated diaphragmatic hernia, and the third because of a major cardiac defect. Pleural effusions and their prenatal decompression offer an experimental human model for the study of the effect of intrathoracic compression on pulmonary development.

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