Daffos Uses Blood Taken Through the Umbilical Cord to Diagnose Fetal Disease
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Science, Medicine, Health
- Subcategories: Biology, Biologists, Scientists, Doctors, Physicians, Nurses, Epidemics, Diseases, Genetics
- Curriculum: Women’s History, 20th & 21st Century European History, French History
- Geographical Location: Paris
- Date: 1982-1983
Article abstract: Daffos used ultrasound to guide needle placement into the umbilical cord to withdraw pure fetal blood for rapid prenatal diagnosis of disease in the fetus.
Summary of Event
The team of Fernand Daffos, Martine Capella-Pavlovsky, and François Forestier developed a new and improved technique for collection of fetal blood samples in 1982, which they reported after numerous successes in 1983. Pure samples of fetal blood were obtained from the large vein in the umbilical cord, using a long, twenty-gauge spinal needle that was guided by...
[The entire page is 2375 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
