In utero fetal surgery
The objective of fetal surgery is to correct malformations of the fetus that interfere with organ development and fetal survival and have potentially fatal consequences. In utero fetal surgery (IUFS), as currently practiced, involves opening the gravid uterus using minimally invasive laparoscopic techniques, surgically correcting a fetal abnormality, and closing the uterus to permit completion of gestational development. The primary conditions for which surgical techniques for prenatal correction have been developed: urinary tract obstruction; congenital diaphragmatic hernia; congenital pulmonary anomalies such as congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation and extralobar pulmonary sequestration; sacrococcygeal teratoma; and myelomeningocele.
- Pregnancy
- Prenatal Diagnosis
- Fetal Diseases