Rodrigo Ruano, Denise B Klinkner, Karthik Balakrishnan, Victoria A Novoa Y Novoa, Norman Davies, Dean D Potter, William A Carey, Christopher E Colby, Amy B Kolbe, Katherine W Arendt, Leal Segura, Hans P Sviggum, Maureen A Lemens, Abimbola Famuyide, Andre Terzic
OBJECTIVE: To introduce the prenatal regenerative medicine service at Mayo Clinic for fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion (FETO) care for severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Two cases of prenatal management of severe CDH with FETO between January and August 2017 are reported. Per protocol, FETO was offered for life-threatening severe CDH at between 26 and 29 weeks' gestation. Regenerative outcome end point was fetal lung growth. Gestational age at procedure and maternal and perinatal outcomes were additional monitored parameters...
June 2018: Mayo Clinic Proceedings