Anaesthesia for fetal surgery.
Anaesthesia for fetal surgery is described as used for thirteen procedures in seven patients. Analgesia was accomplished by local infiltration of lignocaine 1% by the surgeons and small incremental doses of intravenous medication by the anaesthetist as needed to make the mother comfortable and reduce fetal movement. There were no maternal or fetal complications. Ethical issues of this therapy are described.
D000328:Adult; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000601:surgery*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy