IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 50 / Issue 7 / DOI: 10.31083/j.ceog5007145
Open Access Original Research
Amnioinfusion for the Management of Severe Oligohydramnios during the Second Trimester: A Retrospective Observational Study
Wei Gu1,2,3Xinrong Zhao1,2,3Yi Wu1,2,3Renyi Hua1,2,3Li Gao1,2,3Yanlin Wang1,2,3,*
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1 Department of Prenatal Diagnostic Center, the International Peace Maternity & Child Health Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200030 Shanghai, China
2 Shanghai Key Laboratory of Embryo Original Diseases, 200030 Shanghai, China
3 Institute of Birth Defects and Rare Diseases, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200030 Shanghai, China
*Correspondence: drwyanlin@163.com (Yanlin Wang)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2023, 50(7), 145; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog5007145
Submitted: 27 March 2023 | Revised: 6 May 2023 | Accepted: 10 May 2023 | Published: 18 July 2023
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: To evaluate the safety profiles and role of antepartum transabdominal amnioinfusion (TA) in detecting fetal anomalies in pregnant women with oligohydramnios during the second trimester. Methods: Pregnant women with a diagnosis of oligohydramnios at 16 0/7 to 27 0/7 weeks of gestation were evaluated at our center between June 2014 and April 2020. Data collected included maternal and fetal clinical characteristics, ultrasonographic or magnetic resonance imaging findings, chromosomal results, and perinatal mortality. Pregnancy outcomes and procedure-related complications were then analyzed. Results: The study analyzed 106 pregnant women with severe oligohydramnios, at a mean gestational age of 22+3 weeks. Out of these, 71 women received TA while the remaining 35 did not. Only two patients (2.82%) suffered adverse events of chorioamnionitis post-TA. Nineteen additional cases of fetal anomalies were detected following TA, leading to a significantly increased detection rate (24/71 vs 43/71, p = 0.001). Among the TA group, eight pregnancies without obvious fetal pathologies were delivered alive, and all newborns were discharged in good condition. Conclusions: TA is a safe and valuable procedure for pregnant women with severe oligohydramnios in the second trimester that improved the detection rate of fetal structural anomalies. TA may lead to favorable outcomes in pregnancies without obvious fetal pathologies.

Keywords
amnioinfusion
cordocentesis
oligohydramnios
prenatal diagnosis
Funding
81971401/National Natural Science Foundation of China
21Y11906600/Shanghai Science and Technology Commission
18140902501/Shanghai Science and Technology Commission
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