Anesthesia for Fetal Intervention and Surgery

Anesthesia for Fetal Intervention and Surgery is directed towards those medical specialists who care for fetal patients, including general obstetricians, neonatologists, genetic counselors, pediatric surgeons, perinatologists, pediatricians, pediatric subspecialists, obstetric anesthesiologists, and pediatric anesthesiologists. This textbook contains all aspects of these cases, from pharmacology and physiology of the fetal patient and mother to specific techniques for open surgery, fetoscopic surgery, and EXIT procedures. By addressing and clarifying these issues, Anesthesia for Fetal Intervention and Surgery contributes greatly to a cohesive approach to the management and treatment of the fetal patient.

Contents

• 1. The Fetal Patient
• 2. The Pregnant Patient
• 3. Uterine Relaxation
• 4. Preterm Labor after Fetal Surgery
• 5. Fetal Monitoring
• 6. Anesthesia for In Utero Repair of Myelomeningocele
• 7. Anesthesia for In Utero Treatment and Resection of Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of the Lung, Pulmonary Sequestration, and Bronchogenic Cysts
• 8. Anesthesia for In Utero Treatment and Resection of Sacrococcygeal Teratoma
• 9. Anesthesia for Fetal Cardiac Intervention
• 10. Anesthesia for Fetoscopic Surgery
• 11. Anesthesia for Ex Utero Intrapartum Treatment (EXIT Procedure)
• 12. Ex Utero Intrapartum Treatment with Immediate Placement onto Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: EXIT to ECMO