title: [Intravascular fetal transfusion in the management of perinatal hemolytic disease].
abstract: Five pregnancies with severe blood cell isoimmunization were managed with intrauterine intravascular transfusions. The procedures were performed percutaneously under direct ultrasound visualization. A total of 14 transfusions, of 16 attempted, were successfully performed. The 5 fetuses required more than one transfusion. Only one died before been born. The other four are alive and without sequelae. Technical aspects of the procedure as well as its indications, advantages, and historical drawbacks are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Obstetricia y Ginecología, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oyarzún
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gormaz
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cossio
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsunekawa
mesh_terms: D001805:Blood Transfusion, Intrauterine / Q000379:methods*; D004899:Erythroblastosis, Fetal / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000737:chemistry / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011379:Prognosis; D011677:Punctures / Q000379:methods; D012203:Rh Isoimmunization / Q000628:therapy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal
vernacular_title: Transfusión fetal intravascular en el manejo de la enfermedad hemolítica perinatal.