Is intrauterine surgery justified? Report from the working group on ultrasound in obstetrics of the World Association of Perinatal Medicine (WAPM)
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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Fetal surgery involves a large number of heterogeneous interventions that vary from simple and settled procedures to very sophisticated or still-in-development approaches. The overarching goal of fetal interventions is clear: to improve the health of children by intervening before birth to correct or treat prenatally diagnosed abnormalities. This article provides an overview of fetal interventions, ethical approaches in fetal surgery, and benefits obtained from antenatal surgeries.
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Fetal therapies, Laser therapy, Video-assisted surgery, Catheter ablation, Female, Fetal diseases, Fetoscopy, Fetus, Humans, Infant, newborn, Internationality, Minimally invasive surgical procedures, Obstetrics, Perinatal care, Pregnancy, Societies, medical, Ultrasonography, prenatal, Article, Ex utero intrapartum treatment, Fetus disease, Fetus outcome, Fetus surgery, Health care organization, Human, Medical ethics, Minimally invasive surgery, Prenatal diagnosis, Priority journal, Radiofrequency ablation, Shunting, World association of perinatal medicine, Diagnostic imaging, Ethics, Fetus echography, International cooperation, Medical society, Newborn, Procedures