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The Ewha Medical Journal
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

Ewha Med J 1998; 21(3):139-143

pISSN: 1598-7450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1998.21.3.139

Case Report

5 Cases of Cordocentesis for Antenatal Diagnosis

Kwoan Yong Oh, Ji Young Lee, Jin Sun Jung, Jin Hee Sohn, Mi Young Park, Young Ju Kim, Jung Ja Ahn, Bock Hi Woo

Copyright ⓒ 1998. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Sep 30, 1998

Abstract

This study has been composed of 5 cases of cordocentesis between 21 and 34 weeks of gestational age from February 1997 to January 1998 at the Ehwa Medical Center. Indications for cordocentesis were as follows : 1) rapid karyotyping 2) evaluation of hematologic status 3) intrauterine infection 4) evaluation of fetal acid-base status. The most common indication for cordocentesis was rapid karyotyping of fetal chromosome. All cases of this study were successful. In conclusion, cordocentesis is a safe and very useful procedure for evaluating fetal status.

Keywords: Cordocentesis; Rapid karyotyping