Fetal lung-to-head ratio in the prediction of survival in severe left-sided diaphragmatic hernia treated by fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion (FETO)

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1646-1650

  Jani, Jacques C ^a   Nicolaides, Kypros H ^b   Gratacós, Eduardo ^c   Vandecruys, Hilde ^b   Deprest, Jan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia; Fetal therapy; Fetal tracheal occlusion; Lung to head ratio; Pulmonary hypoplasia

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; FETAL ENDOSCOPIC TRACHEAL OCCLUSION; FETOSCOPY; FETUS LUNG; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BALLOON OCCLUSION; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; FETOSCOPY; HEAD; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; LUNG; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRACHEA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33745499076     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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