Conducted by the Corniche Hospital for children who suffered from health problems مشكلات
100 intrauterine blood transfusions
Fetal medicine provides fetuses with opportunities for diagnosis and treatment.
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Corniche Hospital, a SEHA facility, performed 100 blood transfusions for fetuses and provided care for them inside the mother's womb.
"Fetal blood transfusion requires a high level of accuracy and expertise," said Dr. Leanne Bricker, the head of the fetal medicine and imaging department and a maternal-fetal medicine consultant.
She added that the number of operations carried out in the hospital reached 100 successful fetal blood transfusions, an achievement that enhances the Corniche Hospital's experience in treating prenatal children.
She explained that the Advanced Fetal Medicine Unit receives patients from all over the Emirates and the Gulf region, and provides comprehensive care for mother and child.
The Advanced Fetal Medicine Unit at Corniche Hospital was established in 2014.
Fetal medicine provides opportunities for diagnosis and treatment of fetuses with health problems before birth, and includes fetal treatment to correct, treat or reduce the harmful effects of malformations or fetal diseases, while the child is still in the mother’s womb, and treatment of the fetus can be non-surgical by providing medicines to the mother, which Cross the placenta and treat the baby, or surgically, where fetal medicine experts treat the baby surgically and directly, while it is in the mother's womb.
One of the most common treatment techniques for the fetus is fetal blood transfusion, which is required when the child is anemic, as fetal anemia occurs when the child does not produce red blood cells, possibly due to infection or when red blood cells are destroyed, and this commonly occurs When the blood type of the mother and the baby does not match the presence of antibodies in the mother that cross the placenta, and attack the baby’s red blood cells, because hemoglobin carries oxygen, and red blood cells are important in maintaining the normal function of blood, and fetal anemia can have many harmful effects, including Including cardiac complications.
Fetal anemia can be detected during pregnancy through prenatal tests, and some tests may be routine, while others may be done to specifically check for anemia in the fetus.
Fetal medicine specialists at Corniche Hospital perform blood transfusions for the fetus by injecting a needle into the mother’s abdomen, with ultrasound guidance to provide the fetus with the necessary blood, prevent complications of anemia, and provide the child with an adequate supply of red blood cells, to maintain his health until birth.
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