A new technique utilizing ultrasound to aid in intrauterine transfusion

✍ Scribed by John C. Hobbins; Clarence D. Davis; John Webster

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1976
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 308 KB
• Volume: 4
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.1870040217

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A new technique is described which utilizes ultrasound to diminish fetal exposure to x ray during intrauterine transfusion. In replacing x ray imagery, ultrasound better localizes the exact position of the intrauterine contents, including the vital fetal intraabdominal structures. Using an A mode needle aspiration transducer, it is possible to guide the tip of the transfusing needle into the center of the fetal intraperitoneal cavity.