Introduction: During the last 40 years equipment has been improved with smaller
instruments and sufficient size working channels. This has ensured that bronchoscopy offers …

Fetal surgery (Box 1) has evolved into a mainstream mode of therapy, giving many fetuses
with significant anomalies an increased chance of survival. 1 Improvements in diagnostic …

Purpose To determine long-term outcomes of fetuses with neck masses (NM), including
functional and cosmetic results. Methods A retrospective review was performed of all fetuses …

Objective Reliable airway patency diagnosis in fetal tracheolaryngeal obstruction is crucial
to select and plan ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) surgery. We compared the clinical …

Abstract Background The “Ex-Utero Intrapartum Treatment”(EXIT) procedure allows to
ensure fetal airway before completion of delivery and umbilical cord clamping while keeping …

Advances in prenatal care and imaging technology over the past 40 years have led to the
consideration of the fetus as a viable, individual patient at increasingly early gestational …

Neonatal airway obstruction that is diagnosed at delivery creates an emergent situation with
high morbidity. This obstruction may be either intrinsic (due to abnormalities in …

Aim: The aim of this study was to review prenatally diagnosed tumors of the head and neck
in the fetus and to report antenatal and postnatal outcomes. Methods: PubMed/Medline …

Background The ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) is utilized to transition fetuses with
prenatally diagnosed airway obstruction to postnatal life. We describe the unique clinical …

Background Ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) is utilized for safe delivery when a baby
has a compromised airway. The purpose of this retrospective study was to examine the …