conclusions this case report underscores the role of fetal echocardiography in the prenatal diagnosis of cardiac disease and illustrates rhabdomyomas in a tuberous sclerosis patient. rhabdomyomas are histologically benign; however, they may cause severe arrhythmia even when they are regressing. case presentation our tuberous sclerosis patient developed arrhythmia unexpectedly while his tumors w...

surgery for heart diseases during pregnancy, especially necessitating cardiopulmonary bypass, is believed to trigger maternal and fetal risks and should be performed only when medical therapy has been unsuccessful to alleviate the cardiac decompensation. a 33-year-old pregnant woman in her 33rd week of gestation was admitted to our hospital. she had rheumatic mitral valvular stenosis and had un...

introduction: it is well know that fetal distress is one of the important causes of fetus perinatal morbidity and mortality. in this study, we sought to evaluate the association between umbilical coiling index and fetal distress.material and method:this was a case- control study conducted on 90 term pregnant women. study group had fetal distress (abnormal fetal heart rate, meconium staining, ap...

BACKGROUND Fetal cardiac interventions by direct ultrasound-guided approaches or open fetal cardiac surgery have been fraught with technical difficulties, as well as with significant maternal and fetal morbidity in humans. Therefore, the purpose of our study in sheep was to assess the feasibility and potential of fetoscopic direct fetal cardiac access. METHODS AND RESULTS In 15 anesthetized p...

Objectives: Foetal surgery is a relatively new branch of medicine; the health providers involved are currently wondering what kind anaesthesia should be provided to foetuses. In last few years, advances have been reported on foetal sensoriality and capability for feeling pain; meanwhile alerts issued risks prolonged in early infancy. Aim this paper reviewing main data pain, aware which time pre...

Antenatal ultrasound scanning has facilitated the prenatal diagnosis of many fetal anomalies. The improved understanding of fetal pathophysiology, combined with increased accuracy of fetal diagnosis and knowledge of the clinical postnatal outcome, have culminated in the development of fetal treatment. This is usually considered when a potentially life threatening and/or disabling, but correctab...

1016 May 2013 A FTER decades of preparing the theoretical framework of fetal surgery,1 the reality of it finally hit home in 2011 when Adzick et al. published their National Institutes of Health-supported study on outcomes after in utero surgery for myelomeningocele. Aptly named MOMS (Management of Myelomeningocele Study), the investigators terminated enrollment early after demonstrating that c...

Acute abdomen during pregnancy is rare. Despite advances in diagnostic imaging, preoperative diagnosis the pregnant population due to anatomical and physiological changes can pose difficulties. Diagnosis surgery delays increase risk of adverse outcomes for both maternal fetal health. In symptomatic cases, explorative might be essential correct patient treatment. Here, we present Meckel’s divert...

BACKGROUND Transplanted striatal cells have been demonstrated to survive, grow, establish afferent and efferent connections, and improve behavioral signs in animal models of Huntington's disease (HD). OBJECTIVE To evaluate feasibility and safety and to provide preliminary information regarding the efficacy of bilateral human fetal striatal transplantation in HD. METHODS Seven symptomatic pa...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of non-obstetric surgical procedures on maternal and fetal outcome. METHODS A systematic review of all English language literature. RESULTS Fifty-four papers met the inclusion criteria. The overall number of patients reported was 12,452. Reported maternal death was rare at .006%. The miscarriage rate was 5.8%; however, this number is difficult to interpret ...