title: [Advances in fetal therapy].
abstract: Fetal therapy may be needed in certain clinical settings with the primary indication to improve perinatal or long-term outcomes for the fetus or the newborn. It can be classified in pharmacotherapy or non-invasive, and invasive therapy. The first one involves the administration of drugs to the mother that cross the placenta and get to the fetus, a non-invasive approach. On the other hand, invasive therapy involves the use of needles, fetoscopic treatments or open fetal surgery. This review provides an update of non-invasive and invasive fetal therapy.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Obstetricia, Unidad de Medicina Fetal, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Lucas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Otaño
authors.forename: César Hernán
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Meller
authors.forename: Horacio
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aiello
mesh_terms: D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D046128:Fetal Therapies / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans