title: [Invasive fetal medicine: pros and cons].
abstract: Many methods of ovular sampling now exist. They give us access to our second patient, the foetus, for the purpose of carrying out diagnoses and prognoses and of beginning treatment. These methods carry a risk for the foetus, and it is therefore to weigh up the indications carefully. In addition, some methods (embryoscopy, foetoscopy, skin and liver biopsies, foetal blood samples) have to be performed by experienced specialists in reference centers. These methods also raise numerous ethical problems, notably in view of the multiple diagnostic possibilities and the relatively limited therapeutic possibilities.
authors.affiliation: Département de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, CHU Vaudois, Lausanne, Suisse.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bossart
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006266:Health Education / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010500:Perinatology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D012106:Research
vernacular_title: Médecine foetale invasive: le pour et le contre.