Fetal Surgery

[pinacolada]

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I was wondering, who performs fetal surgery? What is the role of the ob/gyn in these surgeries? Does this fall under MFM? What kind of surgeries are done? I know this is not a big field right now, but I keep hearing people say this is going to be big in the future. Is it going to be new speciality? How would one get into it?

 

[doc05]

it's peds surgery, not obgyn. mfm probably has input as far as preop workup, etc.

 

[dixiechicken]

Are you kidding, 😱

There are 2 surgeries going on. One on the mother, done by an MFM, and one on the fetus done by pedi surg.
I think the 3 places are in Tennessee, California, and Pennsylvania.

It is being experimented with several diseases like spina bifida, CCAM, biliary atresia and others.

The Vandy residents said they may do 1 surgery a month. They get to observe in the OR.

 

[DrBuzzLightYear]

I think the 3 places are in Tennessee, California, and Pennsylvania.

what are the places in california and pennsylvania?

 

[goodsamob]

Fetal surgery is now also being performed in Cincinnati as a collaborative of Good Samaritan Hospital, University of Cincinnati, and Children's Hospital. Just last week a patient of ours had a surgery to try to correct a CCAM lesion in the fetus. OBs do scrub in on the surgery.