New insights into intrauterine defecation

Ultrasound Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 288-296

  López Ramón y Cajal, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COMPLEX OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

4D ultrasonography; Fetal defecation; Fetal physiology; Meconium

Indexed keywords

AIR; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ANUS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DEFECATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FECES ANALYSIS; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MICROSCOPY; SAMPLE; SEDIMENT; TUBE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOGRAPHY;

EID: 33646430619     PISSN: 14722240     EISSN: 17438950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14722240500398607     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Alger, L and Kisner, H and Nagey, D. (1984) The presence of a meconium-like substance in second-trimester amniotic fluid Am J Obstet Gynecol, 150, pp. 380-385.
2. Ciftci, A and Tanyel, F and Ercan, M and Karnak, I and Buyukpamukcu, N and Hicsonmez, A. (1996) In utero defecation by the normal fetus: A radionuclide study in the rabbit J Pediatr Surg, 31, pp. 1409-1412.
3. Potier, M and Melancon, S and Dallaire, L. (1976) Fetal intestinal disaccharidases in human amniotic fluid Biomedicine, 25, pp. 167-169.
4. Potier, M and Melancon, S and Dallaire, L. (1978) Developmental patterns of intestinal disaccharidases in human amniotic fluid Am J Obstet Gynecol, 131, pp. 73-79.
5. Miller, P and Coen, R and Benirschke, K. (1985) Dating the time interval from meconium passage to birth Obstet Gynecol, 66, pp. 459-462.
6. Kimble, R and Trudenger, B and Cass, D. (1999) Fetal defaecation: Is it a normal physiological process? J Paediatr Child Health, 35, pp. 116-119.
7. Ciftci, A and Tanyel, F and Bingol-Kologlu, M and Sahin, S and Buyukpamukcu, N. (1999) Fetal distress does not affect in utero defecation but does impair the clearance of amniotic fluid J Pediatr Surg, 34, pp. 246-250.
8. Ciftci, A and Tanyel, F and Karnak, I and Buyukpamukcu, N and Hicsonmez, A. (1999) In-utero defecation: Fact or fiction? Eur J Pediatr Surg, 9, pp. 376-380.
9. Ramón Y Cajal, C and Martinez, R. (2003) Defecation in utero: A physiologic fetal function Am J Obstet Gynecol, 188, pp. 153-156.
10. Ramón Y Cajal, C and Martinez, R. (2004) In-utero defecation between weeks 14 and 22 of gestation: Stools are whitish Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 23, pp. 94-95.
11. Ross, A.(1992) Organogenesis, innervation, and histologic development of the gastrointestinal tract. In Fetal and Neonatal Physiology. (pp. 1015-1027). Philadelphia PA: WB Saunders Company.