TY - JOUR
T1 - Anesthesia for fetal surgery
AU - Cauldwell, Charles B.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Fetal surgery is the antenatal treatment of fetal malformations that cannot be adequately corrected after birth. Anesthesia for fetal surgery involves two patients, and issues of maternal safety, avoidance of fetal asphyxia, adequate fetal anesthesia and monitoring, and uterine relaxation are important. Communication with the surgeon to determine the surgical approach and need for uterine relaxation allows the anesthesiologist the ability to vary the anesthetic technique. Lessons learned from fetal surgery may help other neonates with life-threatening anomalies and may help understand the complex issues related to preterm labor.
AB - Fetal surgery is the antenatal treatment of fetal malformations that cannot be adequately corrected after birth. Anesthesia for fetal surgery involves two patients, and issues of maternal safety, avoidance of fetal asphyxia, adequate fetal anesthesia and monitoring, and uterine relaxation are important. Communication with the surgeon to determine the surgical approach and need for uterine relaxation allows the anesthesiologist the ability to vary the anesthetic technique. Lessons learned from fetal surgery may help other neonates with life-threatening anomalies and may help understand the complex issues related to preterm labor.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0889-8537(03)00062-2
DO - 10.1016/S0889-8537(03)00062-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 11892506
AN - SCOPUS:0036195471
VL - 20
SP - 211
EP - 226
JO - Anesthesiology Clinics of North America
JF - Anesthesiology Clinics of North America
SN - 0889-8537
IS - 1
ER -