FETAL OUTCOME FOLLOWING INTRAUTERINE INTRAVASCULAR TRANSFUSION IN RHESUS ALLOIMMUNIZATION

The outcome of 14 pregnancies with severe rhesus alloimmunization was analyzed over a pe-riod of 16 months. Group A consisted of 7 cases who received ultrasound guided intravascular in-trauterine packed red blood cell transfusions via the umbilical vein after determining fetal blood group and hematocrit. The outcome of these cases was compared with another 7 cases (Group B), who did not require intrauterine transfusions. The 7 cases in Group A received a total of 25 in-trauterine transfusions between 25 to 33 weeks gestation. Procedure related complications en-countered were transient fetal bradycardia on 4 occasions, difficulty in cord cannulation due t