The magic of ultrasound

• DOI: 10.7196/sajog.413
• Publication Date: 2011-08-22
• Authors: Chantal Stewart
• Keywords: Realm

The theme of this year's SASUOG Congress is 'The Magic Ultrasound'. It truly magical when the face fetus in utero can be seen three dimensions as clearly a photograph taken newborn. Even more dramatic real-time motion video gyrating, sucking its fingers and moving hands away from to reveal smile. When twins playing with each other's umbilical cords, small ventricular septal defects detected at 12 weeks' gestation, pre-eclampsia growth restriction predicted by ultrasound combined blood tests, we are indeed realm new world. Less than hundred years ago antibiotics had not yet been discovered, frogs were used diagnose pregnancy, close one women dying during pregnancy. technological advances that have made incredible. However, technology come problems resources, ethics training. Our challenge address these issues.