Ultrasound as an aid in intrauterine transfusion

Rh Isoimmunization: A Review

“…BOlh compound and dynamic scanning have been usecl with either linear array or sector scan transducers. 14 ,1!' In our institution we utilize realtime scanning with linear array transducers.…”

Middle cerebral artery Doppler

“…He performed the first intrauterine transfusion via the intraperitoneal route. The introduction of real‐time ultrasound facilitated needle‐guided intraperitoneal transfusion in 1977 3 . The first intravascular transfusion, performed fetoscopically, was carried out by Rodeck in 1981 4 .…”

Improved Care for Rh-Isoimmunized Patients in Saudi Arabia

“…Liley used roentgenography to identify the puncture site; later, competent ultrasonographers performed this procedure under ultrasonographic guidance and decreased the mortality to 7% to 13%. [11][12][13][14][15] However, in cases of severe hydrops fetalis and when the fetus was affected early in the second trimester, this method proved to be inadequate, 16 and these fetuses were not salvageable until Rodeck et al 17 showed that they could transfuse the fetus directly into the cord vessels under fetoscopic visualization. 17 Direct transfusions into the fetal circulation had previously been tried through hysterotomy by catheterization of the femoral vein or placental vessels, but the approach was too cumbersome.…”