[Clinical significance of hydramnios from the view point of current medicine].

In the period from 1.1. 1970 to 31.3 1975 we found under 11876 deliveries in 56 cases polyhydramnios (= 0,47%). Deformities by the newborns we have had in 8,9%! A timely observation and therapy of the polyhydramnios are able to diminish the risk for mother and child. The therapy of choise is a frequently transbdominal amniocentesis after localization of the placenta. A partus praematurus we could'nt avoid generally. An compulsory fetal monitoring of this patients is necessary, because many of this deliveries are high-risk deliveries.