Cincinnati Fetal Care Center is one of only a few comprehensive fetal care centers in the world where observers gain specialized experience in the multidisciplinary, multimodal evaluation and treatment of pregnancies complicated by fetal abnormalities.
Visitors observe specialized experience in the multidisciplinary, multimodal evaluation and treatment of pregnancies complicated by fetal abnormalities by attending and observing daily counseling sessions “team meetings”.
Visitors may have the opportunity to observe fetal interventions, including laser ablation for photocoagulation of placental anastomoses for twin-twin transfusion, fetal shunt placement for lower urinary tract obstruction, intrauterine transfusion for fetal anemia, and open maternal-fetal surgery for fetal spina bifida, amniotic band syndrome, and bladder outlet obstruction, open fetal surgery (for resection of CPAMs, SCT, creation of vesicostomy) and EXIT procedures (including EXIT-to-Airway, EXIT-to-ECMO and EXIT-to-Resection).
In addition, visitors may attend weekly Fetal Therapy Conference and attend monthly Fetal Therapy-OB or Fetal Therapy-neonatology Grand Rounds.
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