Third trimester fetoscopic laser ablation of type II vasa previa

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 459-462

  Chmait, Ramen H ^a   Chavira, Emiliano ^a   Kontopoulos, Eftichia V ^b   Quintero, Rubén A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal surgery; Laser ablation; Operative fetoscopy; Vasa previa

Indexed keywords

SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BED REST; BIOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; FETUS HEART RATE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; LASER SURGERY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; OPERATION DURATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SEDATION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VASA PREVIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LASER THERAPY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VASA PREVIA;

EID: 77950796650     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767050903156718     Document Type: Article

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