Analysis of the stepwise clinical introduction of experimental percutaneous fetoscopic surgical techniques for upcoming minimally invasive fetal cardiac interventions

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1134-1143

  Kohl, T ^a,b   Hering, R ^c   Van De Vondel, P ^a   Tchatcheva, K ^a   Berg, C ^a   Bartmann, P ^c   Heep, A ^c   Franz, A ^c   Muller A ^c   Gembruch, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catheterization; Fetoscopy; Fetus; Pacing; Thoracotomy; Ultrasound; Valvuloplasty

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; EXPERIMENTATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; FETUS; FETUS HEART; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINA BIFIDA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETOSCOPY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33746100278     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-005-0662-z     Document Type: Article

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