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Video content is professionally consulted by Resident Doctor, Master Ly Thi Thanh Nha - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Vinmec Danang International General Hospital
One of the effective support techniques, helping obstetricians to monitor the pregnancy of pregnant women accurately and safely is fetal ultrasound.
During pregnancy, basic fetal ultrasound techniques can be performed at different times to assess the development of the fetus in the abdomen. Today, along with the great development of science and technology, the technique of ultrasound fetal malformation has become very popular, mothers can choose 2D ultrasound, 3D ultrasound or 4D ultrasound depending on their choice. different milestones.
Fetal ultrasound is basically an imaging tool, helping to record abnormalities in fetal images, so basic fetal ultrasound only helps to survey morphological abnormalities, not abnormalities. on function. For example, pathologies of metabolic disorders, congenital deafness or blood abnormalities, fetal malformation ultrasound cannot show.
Currently, there are many fetal malformations that can be detected through fetal ultrasound. These include nervous system abnormalities, head and neck abnormalities such as cleft lip, cleft palate, cleft palate, thoracic system abnormalities, such as lung diseases, congenital pulmonary cysts, abnormalities of the fetal abdominal wall (intestinal obstruction, intestinal stenosis), abnormalities of the extremities (amputation, short limbs, extra fingers, missing fingers...), abnormalities of the skeletal system (bone dysplasia, cartilage property...).
In particular, in recent years, scientists to pay more attention to fetal heart abnormalities, noting that about 40% of fetal heart defects are related to the heart, there have been many studies to find congenital heart disease and saved the lives of many babies, even in the womb.
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