Fetal and Neonatal Surgery and Medicine

Description

From prenatal diagnosis through neonatal surgery and beyond—a multidisciplinary resource for an evolving specialty

Fetal and Neonatal Surgery and Medicine is a comprehensive resource for all clinicians who care for fetal and neonatal patients. Focusing on the continuum of care from prenatal diagnosis through the neonatal period and beyond, the text guides specialists who deliver care to patients before and after delivery and offers invaluable insights to equip those counseling parents faced with a fetal anomaly.

Part I focuses on prenatal diagnosis and diagnostic techniques. Part II spotlights fetal intervention and surgical techniques. Part III concentrates special considerations in the fetus and neonate and Part IV covers the full range of fetal and neonatal anomalies. Chapters are heavily illustrated to help the reader visualize what the chapter discusses.

Features:

• Ideal for general pediatric surgeons, neonatologists, radiologists, geneticists, advanced-practice nurses, and residents and fellows 

• Structured for quick access, with at-a-glance chapter highlights

• Divided into prenatal diagnosis and diagnostic techniques and fetal intervention and fetal surgical techniques; and fetal care and neonatal care

• Hundreds of ultrasound images, MRI images, fetal echocardiograms and surgical photographs

Table of contents

Part I. Prenatal Diagnosis
Part II. Fetal Intervention: Medical and Surgical Techniques
Part III. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE FETUS AND NEONATE

PART IV: FETAL AND NEONATAL ANOMALIES
A. Central Nervous System

B. Head and Neck
C. Thorax
D. Cardiovascular
E. Abdominal Wall Defects
F. Abdomen

H: Extremities

I: Umbilical Cord and Placenta

J: Disorders of Growth

K: Multiple Gestations

L: Tumors

M: New Frontiers