Application of Electronic Endoscope in Fetal Distress

Fetal distress is a common emergency in obstetrics, which refers to the combined symptoms of fetal health and life in utero due to acute or chronic hypoxia, with an incidence of 2.7% to 38.5%. Fetal distress is mainly related to abnormal amniotic fluid, umbilical cord entanglement and compression, which is an important reason for the increase of cesarean section rate during delivery. At present, the diagnosis of fetal distress mainly relies on electronic monitoring of fetal heart, and the false positive rate is high. Intrauterine pressure catheter has not been widely used because of the little effect of intrauterine treatment and the increase of infection. Endoscopy has been widely used in the diagnosis and treatment of various specialties at present, but the diagnosis and treatment during childbirth are still in a blind area. The characteristics of endoscopic visualization provide a new idea for the diagnosis and treatment of fetal distress during delivery, especially for the etiological diagnosis and treatment of umbilical cord factors. The use of intraauterine endoscope during delivery can make up for the defects of intrauterine pressure catheter, realize the visual diagnosis of the causes of fetal distress such as oligoamniotic fluid, meconium contamination of amniotic fluid, umbilical cord compression caused by entangling and true junction, etc. At the same time, it can also improve the intrauterine environment by perfusion of saline for the causes of fetal embarrassment, correct fetal distress, and extend the observation time during labor. It is beneficial to reduce caesarean section during labor.