Fetus

>> IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, "NAIL THE DIAGNOSIS". WE NEED TO BE VERY SURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH TO BE ABLE TO CORRECTLY COUNSEL YOU....

>> FOR THE TYPES OF CCAMS THAT HAVE A LARGE SINGLE OR COMPLEX CYST, YOU CAN TREAT THEM BY PLACING A SHUNT. AND THAT CAN BE DONE BY USING A NEEDLE SYSTEM, WHERE THE NEEDLE IS INSERTED...

>> THEY SAY, "IF THESE THINGS ARE NOT TAKEN CARE OF EARLY IN LIFE, THEY MAY TURN CANCEROUS OR THEY MAY HAVE OTHER PROBLEMS." SO I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED. NOT THAT I...

>> GASTROSCHISIS IS MUCH MORE COMMON IN YOUNG MOTHERS. SO IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR MOTHERS TO BE LESS THAN 20 YEARS OF AGE CARRYING A FETUS WITH A GASTROSCHISIS. >>...

♪♪ >> FOR MOST OF HUMAN HISTORY THE FETUS HAS BEEN REALLY SHROUDED IN MYSTERY AND MULTIPLE LAYERS OF THE MATERNAL ABDOMEN OBSCURING ANYTHING THAT WAS WRONG WITH THE FETUS....

>> A LOT OF FAMILIES ASK US, "AM I GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A C-SECTION BECAUSE MY BABY'S GOING TO BE SO ILL?" AND I THINK THAT, OVERALL, VAGINAL DELIVERY IS...

>> HAVING A HIGH VOLUME OF DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIAS HAS ENABLED US TO PREDICT BETTER FOR FAMILIES WHERE THEIR BABY-- THEIR UNBORN BABY WILL FALL IN THE SPECTRUM OF SEVERITY....

>> CLEARLY, ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THE SPECIAL DELIVERY UNIT IS THE PROXIMITY OF THE PLACE OF THE ACTUAL BIRTH TO THE NEONATOLOGY TEAMS. >> PRIOR TO THE SPECIAL DELIVERY...

>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND OUTSIDE OF POSTNATAL REPAIR OF MYELOMENINGOCELE, WE HAVE A NEW WAY TO OFFER HOPE TO THE FAMILY AND TO THE CHILD WITH PRENATALLY DIAGNOSED...

LOWER URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION OR LUTO AS WE MANY TIMES REFER TO IT, IS AN OBSTRUCTION OF THE URETHRA, THE TUBE THAT CONNECTS THE BLADDER TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD. IT'S REALLY A, ALMOST A MINOR...