Small suprapubic incision facilitates consent in perinatal and pediatric necropsies

• Autores: Romero, Nery, Laberiano, Caddie, Moscoso, Gonzalo
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2016
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/12407
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/12407
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Fetal Necropsy; Pediatric Necropsy; Quality Assurance of Necropsy.; Necropsia Fetal y Pediátrica; Calidad en Necropsias.

Objective. To report a new approach for perinatal and pediatric necropsy that allows parental consent. Methods. Experience with necropsies in 20 stillborn, 15 neonates and 8 infants is presented with this new approach; the parents had refused the use of the standard body incision. Through a small transversal about 10 cm incision in the suprapubic region, manual evaluation of the abdominal and pelvic cavities was performed, and then the viscera were obtained by either the Letulle`s technique (a single block) or the Virchow´s technique (organ by organ). The incision is closed by subdermic suture. Conclusions. This technique is well accepted by the parents because the skin surface and the body as a whole appear little disturbed.