Early Human Development
Volume 88, Issue 1 , Pages 15-19 , January 2012

Best practice guidelines: Fetal surgery

  • Nada Sudhakaran

      Affiliations

    • St Georges Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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  • Uma Sothinathan

      Affiliations

    • Medway Maritime Hospital, Kent, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Shailesh Patel

      Affiliations

    • King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Paediatric Surgery, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 203 299 3350; fax: +44 203 299 4021.

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    Image above shows vessels crossing the vascular equator in a TTTS. The image below shows the same vessels having been laser photocoagulated.

    Image above shows vessels crossing the vascular equator in a TTTS. The image below shows the same vessels having been laser photocoagulated.

  • Image Result

    “Keyhole” appearance of fetal bladder with posterior urethral obstruction.

    “Keyhole” appearance of fetal bladder with posterior urethral obstruction.

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    Silastic shunt (white coil), needle and introducer (red) used for ultrasound guided fetal shunt insertion.

    Silastic shunt (white coil), needle and introducer (red) used for ultrasound guided fetal shunt insertion.

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    EXIT procedure in progress, baby intubated and being extracted from the uterus.

    EXIT procedure in progress, baby intubated and being extracted from the uterus.

PII: S0378-3782(11)00352-5

doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.11.006

Early Human Development
Volume 88, Issue 1 , Pages 15-19 , January 2012

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