Partial amniotic carbon dioxide insufflation (PACI) during minimally invasive fetoscopic surgery: early clinical experience in humans
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- 作者：Thomas Kohl ; Kristina Tchatcheva ; Julia Weinbach ; Rudolf Hering ; Peter Kozlowski ; R¨¹diger Stressig and Ulrich Gembruch
- 关键词：Fetoscopy ; Fetal surgery ; Insufflation ; Carbon dioxide ; Spina bifida ; Monochorionic twins ; Umbilical cord ligation ; Twin ; to ; twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) ; Discordant gemini
- 刊名：Surgical Endoscopy
- 出版年：2010
- 出版时间：February, 2010
- 年：2010
- 卷：24
- 期：2
- 页码：432-444
- 全文大小：324.8 KB
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Background The technical performance of minimally invasive fetoscopic surgery may be severely hindered by poor visualization of intra-amniotic contents. Partial amniotic carbon dioxide insufflation (PACI) allows the visual limitations of operating within the fluid environment to be overcome.