Maternal and neonatal immediate effects of sequential delivery.

Objective: To evaluate the immediate maternal and neonatal outcomes associated with sequential instrumental delivery (vacuum plus forceps) compared with the use of one instrument only (forceps or vacuum).

Study Design: A longitudinal observational study was carried out, including all instrumental deliveries performed in term singleton pregnancies, in vertex presentation, at station level 0 or +1. According to the type of the instruments, the deliveries were divided in three groups: the vacuum group, the forceps group and the sequential group.

Ultrasonographic diagnosis of fetal ovarian cysts: five cases in five years.

Objective: To evaluate the outcome of ultrasonographically diagnosed fetal ovarian cysts within a 5-year period.

Methods: This was a retrospective evaluation of the prenatal and postnatal medical records of the five cases of fetal ovarian cyst diagnosed at our institution from January 2002 to December 2006.

Results: The mean gestational age at diagnosis was 31.

Prenatal ultrasonographic diagnosis of vein of Galen aneurysms--report of two cases.

Aneurysms of the vein of Galen (AVG) represent less than 1% of all intracranial arteriovenous malformations. Two cases of prenatal diagnosis made by color Doppler ultrasonography at 32 weeks of gestation are reported. Both cases presented with antenatal mild cardiomegaly and both developed severe cardiac failure in the neonatal period.