TY - JOUR
T1 - Ocular Trauma during Amniocentesis
AU - Cross, Harold E.
AU - Maumenee, A. E.
PY - 1972/11/9
Y1 - 1972/11/9
N2 - To the Editor: Diagnostic and therapeutic transabdominal amniocentesis is being applied to a growing number of antenatal problems. Although the risk to the fetus is considered small, a sufficient number of needle punctures and other complications have been reported — for example, by Creasman, Lawrence and Thiede (Fetal Complications of Amniocentesis. JAMA 204:949–952, 1968) — to emphasize the need for continued assessment of the indications and technics used in this procedure. To our knowledge, ocular damage to the fetus has not been reported. However, we recently saw a 17-month-old boy with evidence of such a complication after amniocentesis performed at ….
AB - To the Editor: Diagnostic and therapeutic transabdominal amniocentesis is being applied to a growing number of antenatal problems. Although the risk to the fetus is considered small, a sufficient number of needle punctures and other complications have been reported — for example, by Creasman, Lawrence and Thiede (Fetal Complications of Amniocentesis. JAMA 204:949–952, 1968) — to emphasize the need for continued assessment of the indications and technics used in this procedure. To our knowledge, ocular damage to the fetus has not been reported. However, we recently saw a 17-month-old boy with evidence of such a complication after amniocentesis performed at ….
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM197211092871933
DO - 10.1056/NEJM197211092871933
M3 - Letter
C2 - 5078156
AN - SCOPUS:0015499611
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 287
SP - 993
EP - 994
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 19
ER -