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Fetal surgery comes of age.(The Master Class)
Just decades ago, most fetal anomalies developed invisibly in the womb, presenting only at birth as a medical emergency for unsuspecting obstetricians and as a psychosocial emergency for traumatized parents and families.
With sonographic advances came perspicuity, offering for the first time a prenatal glimpse of obstructive uropathy, congenital cystic adenomatoid malformations (CCAM), and myelomeningocele lesions.
Prenatal diagnosis evolved, and with it so did a highly specialized response to life-threatening malformations. Lessons were learned about ways to provide optimal care for women who carried these high-risk fetuses. Close supervision and ...
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