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Anasthesia for fetal surgery
Author(s) -
SPIELMAN F. J.,
SEEDS J. W.,
CORKE B. C.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1984.tb06517.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fetal surgery , fetus , anesthesia , surgery , infiltration (hvac) , fetal movement , pregnancy , in utero , genetics , physics , biology , thermodynamics
Summary Anasthesia for fetal surgery is described as used for thirteen procedures in seven patients. Analgesia was accomplished by local infiltration of lignocaine 1% by the surgeons and small incremental doses of intravenous medication by the anasthetist as needed to make the mother comfortable and reduce fetal movement. There were no maternal or fetal complications. Ethical issues of this therapy are described.