Successful Treatment of Primary Fetal Hydrothorax with a Double Basket Catheter

Masakatsu Sase; Ichiro Miwa; Keiko Hasegawa; Masahiro Sumie; Masahiko Nakata; Hiroshi Kato

doi:10.1055/s-2002-36835

American Journal of Perinatology, Table of Contents

Am J Perinatol 2002; 19(8): 405-412
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-36835

Successful Treatment of Primary Fetal Hydrothorax with a Double Basket Catheter

Masakatsu Sase, Ichiro Miwa, Keiko Hasegawa, Masahiro Sumie, Masahiko Nakata, Hiroshi Kato

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

Abstract

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.

KEYWORD

Primary fetal hydrothorax - fetal intervention - thracoamniotic shunting

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