title: Successful treatment of primary fetal hydrothorax with a double basket catheter.
abstract: Fetal pleural effusions can sometimes be detected before birth with ultrasonography. Intervention may be warranted when there is a condition that results in hydroplastic lung and/or fetal hydrops. A 22-week-old fetus with a severe pleural effusion and hydrops was successfully treated by long-term pleural drainage with a double basket catheter from 22 to 39 weeks of gestation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Japan.
authors.forename: Masakatsu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sase
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miwa
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sumie
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakata
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D006876:Hydrothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal