Resumen

PEREZ RAMIREZ, Miguel; MULET MATOS, Eusebio  y  HARTMANN GUILARTE, Armando. Ultrasonographic diagnosis of congenital malformations: Our experiences in the period 1983-1995. Rev Cubana Obstet Ginecol [online]. 1997, vol.23, n.1, pp. 53-58. ISSN 1561-3062.

It was made a summary of the work carried out during 13 years with bidimensional echography at the Ultrasound Department of our hospital, motivated by the importance of detecting intrauterus, increasingly early, and congenital malformations aimed at demonstrating the value of bidemensional echography for their diagnosis. The medical histories of the patients with diagnosed malformations were reviewed and variables such as the positivity of the diagnosis and the main types of malformations found were analyzed. The causes of the mistakes made were also examined. Among the principal results obtained it was found that of the 73 866 examinations made 147 were malformations, that is, a malformation per every 502.4 conducted studies. The annual average was of 11.3 malformations. One of the most frequently diagnosed malformations was that of the central nervous system, followed by the renal, cardiac, digestive and others. It is concluded that in spite of the appearance of new techniques, the bidemensional echography is still, in expert hands, a relatively cheap or innocuous ideal means for the diagnosis of congenital malformations.

Palabras clave : ABNORMALITIES [ultrasonography]; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL [methods].