Minimal access techniques for fetal surgery

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-102

  Sydorak, Roman M ^a   Albanese, Craig T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AMNION BAND SYNDROME; AMNIOSCOPE; BLEEDING; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; FETOSCOPY; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS SURGERY; HEART BLOCK; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; REVIEW; SACROCOCCYX TERATOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; TOCOLYSIS; TROCAR; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; BACK; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PUNCTURE; TERATOMA; TWINS; URETER OBSTRUCTION;

AMNIOTIC BAND SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; FETOSCOPY; FETUS; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PUNCTURES; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; TERATOMA; TWINS; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0037637674     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-002-6743-4     Document Type: Review

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