Fetal surgery.
Although most fetal defects are best managed after birth, a few with predictable, life-threatening developmental consequences have been successfully corrected in utero. Many technical problems have been solved, but preterm labor remains a significant risk to mother and fetus. Less invasive interventional techniques and fetal stem cell transplantation promise to extend the indications for intervention.
Harrison
M R
MR
Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 94143-0570, USA.
D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005333:Fetus / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011247:Pregnancy