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Lucknow, September 11 (HS). The Fetal Medicine Unit of King George Medical University has achieved great success by transfusing blood from the mother's womb to the unborn child for the first time. In this process, called intrauterine transfusion, blood is transfused to the fetus in the uterus through a needle with the help of ultrasound. For the first time in KGMU, a team of doctors under the leadership of Dr. Seema Mahrotra in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics completed the medical procedure.
Dr. Anju Agarwal, Head of the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, KGMU, said that Queen Mary Hospital KGMU is providing fetal medical facilities and now we have achieved success in the treatment of RH-isoimmunization pregnancy.
Dr. Seema Mehrotra said that the pregnant woman was referred from Kanpur when she was seven months pregnant and was found to be suffering from anemia in the fetus. After studying the case history, it was found that the woman had been pregnant twice in the past and this time she suffered from red blood cell alloimmunization. After which, the fetus was given blood transfusion twice in the uterus and a 03 kg baby was delivered by cesarean at 35 weeks.
Dr Namrata said that this situation arises when the blood RH of the parents is opposite. This situation also arises due to the newborn's mother's blood group being negative and the father's blood RH being positive.
According to Dr Namrata, due to this opposite blood group, the fetus can be Rh positive and antibodies develop in the mother and these antibodies cross the placenta and destroy the RBCs of the fetus. Gradually, they cause anemia in the fetus. In such a situation, the entire fetus gets swollen. In such cases, the fetus dies in the uterus itself.
Dr. Manjulata Verma said that generally one in every thousand to twelve hundred pregnant women is at serious risk of this, but it can be prevented by transfusion.
The team included Dr Namrata, Dr Manjulata Verma, Dr Saurabh from Radiology Department, Dr Siddharth, Dr Harkirat Kaur, Dr Shruti and Dr Khyaati from Pediatrics Department.
Vice Chancellor Prof. Sonia Nityanand congratulated the entire team for the successful treatment.