title: A simple set for ıntrauterine fetal blood transfusion constructed by readily available materials in every clinic.
abstract: Intrauterine fetal transfusion needs extensive experience and requires excellent eye-hand coordination, good equipment and experienced team workers to achieve success. While the needle is in the umbilical vein, an assistant withdraws and/or transfuses blood. The needle point should be kept still to prevent lacerations and dislodging. We propose a simple set for Intrauterine Fetal blood transfusion is constructed by readily available materials in every clinic to minimize needle tip movement and movements during syringe attachments and withdrawals during the intrauterine fetal transfusion. This makes possible to withdraw fetal blood sample, and to transfuse blood with minimal intervention.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Gulhane Military Medical Academy , Ankara , Turkey.
authors.forename: Uğur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Keskin
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Gulhane Military Medical Academy , Ankara , Turkey.
authors.forename: Kazim Emre
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Karasahin
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Gulhane Military Medical Academy , Ankara , Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ulubay
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Gulhane Military Medical Academy , Ankara , Turkey.
authors.forename: Ulaş
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Fidan
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Gulhane Military Medical Academy , Ankara , Turkey.
authors.forename: Sadettin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gungor
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Gulhane Military Medical Academy , Ankara , Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ergun
mesh_terms: D001805:Blood Transfusion, Intrauterine / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004899:Erythroblastosis, Fetal / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009339:Needles; D011247:Pregnancy
keywords: Fetal anemia; fetal blood transfusion; red-cell alloimmunization; technique