Objective: Elaboration of a maximally safe and comfortable technique of collection of amniotic fluid (AMC).
Design: For practice.
Setting: Gyncentrum Ltd., Hloubĕtínská 3, Praha 9, Dept. of Medical Genetics GENNET, Klimentská 1, Praha 1.
Method: In 81 patients AMC was performed using a needle with an external diameter of 0.53 mm, by the sampling system Vacutainer of Becton-Dickinson Co.
Conclusion: The method elaborated by the authors appears to be perspective for use in invasive procedures in the sphere of prenatal diagnosis.