New perspectives in fetal surgery: the chicken embryo.
After a short literature a review a comparison is made between the development of the human digestive tract during the second trimester of gestation and that of the chick embryo (Gallus domesticus) during the last week of incubation. The surgical procedure for chick embryosis is discussed in connection with the the study of the pathogenesis of small bowel atresia and meconium peritonitis. The results corroborate that the chick embryo is a valuable laboratory animal in experimental fetal surgery.
D000818:Animals; D002642:Chick Embryo; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007409:Intestinal Atresia / Q000196:embryology*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000196:embryology* / Q000601:surgery; D008470:Meconium; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000196:embryology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second