Invasive fetal assessment in the antepartum period.
Access to the fetus as a true patient is a recent development in maternal-fetal medicine. We review the major invasive techniques currently available for establishing diagnoses and providing treatments to the fetus. These include fetoscopy, fetal blood sampling, fetal transfusions, and fetal shunts. Indications, techniques, and complications are discussed.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
J A
JA
Copel
M T
MT
Cullen
P A
PA
Grannum
J C
JC
Hobbins
D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005332:Fetoscopy; D005333:Fetus / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods*