fetal surgery
Operating before birth
Fetal surgery is surgical intervention performed on a fetus while still in the womb, typically to correct life-threatening abnormalities before birth.
Procedures range from minimally invasive techniques using tiny instruments through the uterus to open surgery where the uterus is cut and the fetus partially exposed: The spina bifida was repaired through fetal surgery at twenty-three weeks.
- spina bifidaVertebral column fails to close
- in uteroWithin the womb
- motherFemale parent
- amniocentesisPrenatal diagnostic fluid extraction
- anesthesiologyScience of induced insensibility
neonatology · neural tube defects · hydrocephalus · birth defect · womb · amniotic fluid · umbilical cord · endoscope · obstetrics · ultrasound imaging · operating room · prenatal · incision · pregnancy · scalpel · tiny · maternal · defect
- surgerysurgeons, operation, incision, scalpel, suture
- surgical advancesminimally invasive, laparoscopy, microsurgery, telesurgery, endoscopy
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks
- prenatal careprenatal vitamins, prenatal care, prenatal checkups, fetal ultrasound, prenatal checkup
- embryologyembryo, zygote, embryology, blastocyst, embryogenesis
- diaphragmatic herniahernia repair
fetal surgerywatchful waiting
Monitoring before acting
pregnancy termination · non-intervention · palliative care · comfort care · letting nature take its course