[Advances in fetal therapy]

Arch Argent Pediatr. 2013 Jul-Aug;111(4):332-44. doi: 10.5546/aap.2013.332.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Fetal therapy may be needed in certain clinical settings with the primary indication to improve perinatal or long-term outcomes for the fetus or the newborn. It can be classified in pharmacotherapy or non-invasive, and invasive therapy. The first one involves the administration of drugs to the mother that cross the placenta and get to the fetus, a non-invasive approach. On the other hand, invasive therapy involves the use of needles, fetoscopic treatments or open fetal surgery. This review provides an update of non-invasive and invasive fetal therapy.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Fetal Diseases / therapy*
  • Fetal Therapies* / methods
  • Humans