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Last updated: 11/24/2009

Resources

BOOKS

Creasy, Robert K., and Robert Resnik. Maternal-Fetal Medicine,4th Edition. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 1999.

Pillitteri, Adele. Maternal & Child Health Nursing,...

3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1999.

Scott, James R. et al., eds. Danforth's Obstetrics and Gynecology. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkens, 1999.

PERIODICALS

Gratacos, E. and J. A. Deprest. "Current Experience With Fetoscopy and the Eurofoetus Registry for Fetoscopic Procedures."European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology 92, no. 1 (September 2000): 151–159.

ORGANIZATIONS

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. 40912th St., SW, PO Box 96920. Washington, DC 20090-6920. .

Fetal Treatment Center. University of California San Francisco.513 Parnassus Ave., HSW 1601, San Francisco, CA 94143-0570. (800) RX-FETUS. .

OTHER

"The Fetal Treatment Center: Our Treatments."University ofCalifornia San Francisco. 2001 [cited February 28, 2003]. .

"Operative Fetoscopy."Florida Institute for Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy March 11, 2003 [cited March 12, 2003]. .

Singh, Daljit. "Antenatal Testing."eMedicine. March 26, 2002[cited March 12, 2003]. .


 
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Fetoscopy is an endoscopic procedure during pregnancy to allow access to the fetus, the amniotic cavity, the umbilical cord, and the fetal side of the placenta. A small (3-4 mm) incision is made in the abdomen, and an endoscope is inserted through the abdominal wall and uterus into the amniotic cavity. Fetoscopy allows medical interventions such as a biopsy or a laser occlusion of abnormal blood vessels.


From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetoscopy

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an obstetrician/gynecologist is a physician specialist who provides medical and surgical care to women and has particular expertise in pregnancy, childbirth, and disorders of the reproductive system.


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