OB GYN News, August 15th, 2001
ST. JOHN'S, NFLD, -- Fetal karyotyping may still be warranted when isolated talipes is found on ultrasound, Dr. Tina Delaney said at the annual meeting of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada.
Historically, the literature on the incidence of chromosomal abnormalities with prenatally diagnosed talipes has been limited and conflicting. And recently the tide seems to be turning against the need for karyotyping in cases of isolated talipes, explained Dr. Delaney of the department
Of obstetrics and gynecology at Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
In a study of 51 fetuses ...
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