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fetal surgery
From: marion (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 27 Jul 2001 04:10:01 -0500 (CDT)
Hello,
This is fascinating...I have never heard of such an amazing happening. I
was wondering, if drs can replace fluid like that, how come they can't
when a woman has little amniotic fluid and is leaking etc....?
MAri
At Thu, 26 Jul 2001, R. Daniel Braun, MD wrote:
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>At Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Jane wrote:
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>>Hello! I saw a show on fetal surgery last night and I was
>>wondering...what happens to the bag of waters when a surgeon must cut
>>through the mother's uterus to get to the fetus for surgery? This
>>surgery was done on a 23 week old fetus to remove a mass on the lung,
>>then the mother delivered the healthy baby 9 weeks later. Amazing, but
>>how is this possible? Thanks for any info, Jane
>
>The fluid is replaced with salt water and the incision in the membranes
>is sutured back together.
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>--
>R.Daniel Braun, MD FACOG FOG
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