TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY IN PRENATAL DIAGNOSTICS OF CONGENITAL AND HEREDITARY DISEASES IN I ST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY (EXPERIENCE OF PRACTICE DURING 2001–2007)

Abstract

Authors analyzed the results of dynamical observation and outcomes of pregnancy in 18 706 women. The ultrasonic scanning (US) was performed on 11–14 weeks of pregnancy in US_diagnostics department of maternity hospital № 5, Krasnoyarsk. Different congenital malformations (CM) and hereditary diseases (HD) was detected in 423 fetuses. 82.5% of CM and HD cases was diagnosed with the help of US in prenatal period. Presence of CM in fetus was accompanied with increase of chromosome pathology more then 10 times higher (on 14.7%). On the whole, unfavorable perinatal outcomes were detected in 293 (69.3%) cases of CM and HD in fetuses or newborn.Key words: fetus, congenital malformations, hereditary diseases, prenatal diagnostics.(Voprosy sovremennoi pediatrii — Current Pediatrics. 2009;8(3):108-113)