Temporary fetoscopic tracheal balloon occlusion enhanced by hyperoncotic lung distension: Is there a role in the treatment of fetal pulmonary hypoplasia from early preterm premature rupture of membranes?

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 462-465

  Kohl, Thomas ^a,b,d   Müller, Andreas ^c   Franz, Axel ^c   Heep, Axel ^c   Willinek, Winfried A ^d   Bartmann, Peter ^c   Gembruch, Ulrich ^a  

^a German Center for Fetal Surgery and Minimally Invasive Therapy   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Department of Neonatalogy ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fetal surgery; Fetal treatment; Fetoscopy; Hyperoncotic distension; Premature rupture of membranes, preterm; Pulmonary hypoplasia; Tracheal balloon occlusion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETOSCOPY; FETUS; FETUS SURGERY; GESTATION PERIOD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; LUNG VOLUME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TRACHEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BALLOON OCCLUSION; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; FETOSCOPY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; TRACHEA;

EID: 35548971627     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106356     Document Type: Article

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