Fetoscopy
The Fetoscopy is an endoscopic procedure for diagnosis or treatment of the unborn child. The instrument for this is called a fetoscope .
The examination is rarely carried out and only in specialized clinics. It enables the investigation of z. B. with severe skin diseases of the child or the sclerotherapy of blood vessels in the fetofetal transfusion syndrome . In some highly specialized centers, diseases that threaten the life or the postnatal quality of life of the baby are also treated with minimally invasive fetoscopy. These include B. the open back (spina bifida), urinary outflow disorders , the amniotic band syndrome , diaphragmatic hernias or certain fetal heart diseases.
The most important complication is a premature birth or miscarriage with up to 5%. Therefore, if possible, it is replaced by almost complication-free ultrasound examinations . A new area of application has been opened up by advances in prenatal surgery ( operation in the womb ).
literature
- Rüdiger Rausbolb: Fetoscopy: a clinical method for prenatal diagnosis. Thieme Verlag, 1980, ISBN 3-135-92101-8
- Kay Goerke, Ulrike Bazlen: Gynecology and Obstetrics. Elsevier, Urban & Fischer Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-437-48140-1 , p. 122 in the Google Book Search
Individual evidence
- ↑ German Center for Fetal Surgery & Minimally Invasive Therapy (DZFT): Diseases with minimally invasive fetoscopic treatment options. Retrieved August 8, 2018 .
