Percutaneous fetal access and uterine closure for fetoscopic surgery: Lessons learned from 16 consecutive procedures in pregnant sheep

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 819-824

  Kohl, T ^a,b   Szabo, Z ^a   Suda, K ^a   Quinn, T M ^a   Petrossian, E ^a   Harrison, M R ^a   Hanley, F L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fetal surgery; Fetoscopy; Percutaneous fetal access; Sheep; Uterine closure

Indexed keywords

AMNION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; FETUS; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; UTERUS;

AMNION; ANIMALS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; FETUS; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 0031202020     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649900462     Document Type: Article

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