title: Anesthesia management for open fetal intrauterine surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Open fetal surgery is usually performed during the second trimester in a fetus suffering from severe congenital diseases, thus enabling the pregnancy to continue until delivery.
  
  
  METHODS
  The key of this treatment is to promote uterine relaxation enough to maintain both maternal and fetal circulation stable and once surgery is completed, to offer a perfect analgesic to avoid the contractions due to pain, and finally to reduce preterm delivery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Successful anesthesia is fundamental to this surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The authors have performed three cases under inhalation anesthesia combined with successful epidural anesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Foshan Children and Maternal Hospital, Foshan, Guangdong Province, China. jipingliu@126.com
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D003537:Cystadenoma; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005333:Fetus / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007530:Isoflurane; D008738:Methyl Ethers; D011247:Pregnancy; D000077149:Sevoflurane; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D008738:Methyl Ethers; D000077149:Sevoflurane; D007530:Isoflurane