Fetal surgery for anesthesiologists

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 298-307

  Deprest, Jan A ^a,b   Done, Elisa ^a,b   Van Mieghem, Tim ^a   Gucciardo, Leonardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fetal surgery; Fetoscopy; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; ENDOSCOPY; FETUS SURGERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; OBSTETRICS; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; REVIEW; SACROCOCCYX TERATOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TWINS; VALVULOPLASTY;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; FETOSCOPY; FETUS; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PREGNANCY; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 43149121094     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3282ff8607     Document Type: Review

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