Endoscopic laser coagulation of feeding vessels in large placental chorioangiomas: Report of three cases and review of invasive treatment options

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-206

  Sepulveda, Waldo ^a   Wong, Amy E ^a   Herrera, Luis ^a   Dezerega, Victor ^a   Devoto, Juan C ^a  

^a CLÍNICA LAS CONDES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chorioangioma; Fetal therapy; Intrauterine endoscopic surgery; Laser coagulation; Prenatal sonography

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ANGIOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEVASCULARIZATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FETOSCOPY; FETUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LASER COAGULATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NEWBORN; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PLACENTA CHORIOANGIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND;

EID: 61449118829     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2197     Document Type: Article

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