Hogdall C K, Doran T A, Shime J, Wilson S, Teshima I
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Toronto General Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1988 Feb;158(2):345-9. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(88)90152-4.
Transabdominal chorionic villus sampling under ultrasound guidance was carried out in 19 patients in the second trimester. We found that needle size combination 17/19 provided the best results with consistently adequate samples of tissue. Transabdominal chorionic villus sampling is a potentially useful technique for providing relatively rapid prenatal genetic diagnosis in patients at high risk in the second trimester.