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Re: amnio risks
From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 25 Jul 2001 17:50:30 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 25 Jul 2001, abarz wrote: >
>Does the risk of an amnio decrease, increase, or stay the same if the
>amnio is done in the third trimester? If there is a change in risk, by
>what amount does the risk change? Thanks.

The risks quoted stay the same because it is the same procedure. The procedure is somewhat simpler in the third trimester because usually there is a bigger target-pocket of fluid... Lynn

-- Lynn D. Montgomery, MD Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center Missoula, Montana
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