Intra-uterine fetal blood transfusion

Management of pregnancies with high risk of severe haemolytic disease of the fetus

“…In the absence of systematic referral system and prompt IUT facilities, severe Rh alloimmunization confers high perinatal morbidity and mortality. IUT was not routinely performed in Sri Lanka and it has been recently started 9 . The first intrauterine fetal blood transfusion was performed in 1963 by Liley, utilizing an intraperitoneal approach 10 .With time the procedure has been modified to involve an intravascular approach the safety of which has increased with improvements in ultrasound technology 11 .…”