Iatrogenic fetal membrane damage from complex fetoscopic surgery in human fetuses might not be amenable to simple closure by collagen plugs

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 876-877

  Kohl, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

AMNIOTIC FLUID CELL; FETOSCOPY; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; FETUS SURGERY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LETTER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; THROMBOCYTE; TROCAR;

ANIMALS; CHORIOALLANTOIC MEMBRANE; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; FETOSCOPY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TRANSPLANTS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 54349129580     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2046     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Kohl T, Hering R, Heep A, et al. 2006a. Percutaneous fetoscopic patch coverage of spina bifida aperta in the human - early clinical experience and potential. Fetal Diagn Ther 21(2): 185-193.
2. Kohl T, Hering R, Van de Vondel P, et al. 2006b. Analysis of the step-wise clinical introduction of experimental percutaneous fetoscopic surgical techniques for upcoming minimally-invasive fetal cardiac interventions. Surg Endosc 20(7): 1134-1143.
3. Liekens D, Lewi L, Jani J, et al. 2008. Enrichment of collagen plugs with platelets and amniotic fluid cells increases cell proliferation in sealed iatrogenic membrane defects in the foetal rabbit model. Prenat Diagn 28(6): 503-507.