Abstract
Twelve neonates with surgical malformation diagnosed antenatally by ultrasound tomography (UST) with or without foetography were reported. Clinical diagnosis of these 12 cases were: Omphalocele 1, cervical teratoma 1, pyloric atresia 1, duodenal atresia 6, high jejunal atresia 2 and hydronephrosis 1. Three of these 12 deteriorated because of respiratory difficulty before the surgical intervention could be attempted. Operations were performed on the remaining 9 and 6 of them are surviving. The main causes of these postoperative deaths were respiratory complications and combined malformations. UST can detect numerous surgical malformations of the foetus. Antenatal diagnosis of the nature of a malformation may enable corrective surgery to be carried out with minor delay after birth, and good results can be obtained.
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Schedule a callMore From: Zeitschrift fur Kinderchirurgie : organ der Deutschen, der Schweizerischen und der Osterreichischen Gesellschaft fur Kinderchirurgie = Surgery in infancy and childhood
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