Open AccessFETOSCOPY
Author(s) -
Gustavii Björn,
Cordesius Eric,
Löfberg Lars,
Strömberg Per
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016347909154606
Subject(s) - fetoscopy , medicine , complication , obstetrics , pregnancy , surgery , fetus , prenatal diagnosis , genetics , biology
. A brief report is given on fetal blood sampling by fetoscopy in three fetuses at risk for severe congenital bleeding disorder; hemophilia A in two cases, von Willebrand's disease in one. Published reports on complications of fetoscopy are reviewed. Out of all together about one hundred pregnancies that have been allowed to continue after fetoscopy, five ended in miscarriage. No other serious complication has been reported.