Pleuro-amniotic shunting for fetal chylothorax.
The immediate neonatal course of two babies with gross hydrops fetalis, associated with chylothorax, is compared. One fetus managed by antenatal insertion of a pleuro-amniotic shunt had no evidence of pleural effusion at birth and required less resuscitation.
Department of Child Health, King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry, Denmark Hill, London, U.K.
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Booth
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Nicolaides
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Greenough
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Gamsu
D000650:Amnion / Q000601:surgery*; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D004487:Edema / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010994:Pleura / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D011379:Prognosis