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Juan Carlos Devoto1, Juan Luis Alcalde2, Felipe Otayza3
1Department of Anesthesiology, Fetal Surgery Program, Clínica las Condes, Lo fontecilla 441 Las Condes, 7591046, Santiago, Chile. juandevoto@clc.cl.
Background:
Administering anesthesia for prenatal repair of myelomeningocele reveals several issues that are unique to this new form of treatment. This includes issues such as fetal well-being, surgical conditions and monitoring, among others. Exploring, analyzing, and understanding the different variables that are involved will help us reduce the high level of risk associated with this surgery.
Objective:
This review provides a systematic approach to the issues that are faced by anesthesiologists during fetal surgery.
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