TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Fetal Therapy
A1  - Yeomans, Edward R.
A1  - Hoffman, Barbara L.
A1  - Gilstrap III, Larry C.
A1  - Cunningham, F. Gary
Y1  - 2017
N1  - 
T2  - Cunningham and Gilstrap's Operative Obstetrics, 3e
AB  - Sir  William  Liley  (1963)  completed  the  first  successful  fetal  surgery,  which  was  transuterine  fetal  intraperitoneal  red  blood  cell  transfusion.  This  was  performed  for  erythroblastosis  fetalis,  which  at  the  time,  without  intervention,  was  a  lethal  malady.  The  field  rapidly  developed,  to  a  large  extent  fueled  by  the  work  of  Dr.  Michael  Harrison,  an  early  pioneer  in  fetal  surgery.  In  1982,  one  of  the  first  organized  conferences  on  fetal  intervention  was  held.  Dr.  Harrison  summarized  conclusions  of  the  inaugural  meeting,  which  would  later  become  the  International  Fetal  Medicine  and  Surgery  Society  (IFMSS)  (Harrison,  1982).  One  key  statement  noted  that  "All  case  material,  regardless  of  outcome,  should  be  reported  to  a  fetal-treatment  registry,  so  that  the  benefits  and  liabilities  of  fetal  therapy  can  be  established  as  soon  as  possible."  This  ethos  is  as  important  today  as  it  was  three  decades  ago.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1138213955
ER  -