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- Title
New intrauterine shunt for treatment of fetal fluid accumulation: single-center experience of first 17 cases.
- Authors
Nørgaard, L. N.; Søgaard, K.; Jensen, L. N.; Ekelund, C.; Kahrs, B. H.; Tabor, A.; Sundberg, K.
- Abstract
Pleural effusion is the most common fluid-accumulation in the fetus with a prevalence of 1:15.000-24.000 pregnancies.1 The clinical picture is highly variable ranging from spontaneous resolution to lung hypoplasia, hydrops and death.1 Treatment options include thoracocentesis, thoraco-amniotic shunting and pleurodesis using OK-432.2 The conventional thoraco-amniotic shunts are applied using a 13-16G trochar.3,4 Somatex® Intrauterine Shunt (IUS) was launched in 2014 and consists of a self-expanding nitinol wire mesh with an inner silicone coating to be inserted through an 18G/1.2 mm needle.
- Subjects
AMNIOTIC liquid; HYDROPS fetalis; PLEURAL effusions; WIRE netting; NEEDLES &; pins; FETUS; LUNG abnormalities; EDEMA; FETAL diseases; INTRAUTERINE contraceptives; LUNG diseases; PRENATAL care; ULTRASONIC imaging; PILOT projects; DISEASE prevalence; MULTIPLE human abnormalities; PLEURODESIS; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2019, Vol 53, Issue 3, p418
- ISSN
0960-7692
- Publication type
letter
- DOI
10.1002/uog.19074