The unborn surgical XXXX . A nursing frontier.

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The fetus can now be considered a @entity1 . Sophisticated imaging techniques and prenatal tests have allowed precise diagnosis of @entity2241 . Subsequent recommendations for treatment are evolving depending on diagnosis and @entity74 . For severely affected fetuses with life-threatening problems, fetal surgery is a proposed intervention. Knowledge of the diagnosis and potential treatment modalities are now a prerequisite for providing the necessary support and care of mothers of fetuses with an @entity154 . The fetal treatment center provides a regionalized approach to providing specialized care to the mother carrying a fetus with an @entity154 . The center provides both prenatal and postnatal diagnosis; treatment; and obstetric, neonatal, and pediatric surgical management for a wide variety of @entity74 . The fetal treatment center model is a useful one offering knowledgeable, coordinated, efficient, and compassionate care to parents facing difficult decisions regarding their unborn @entity1 . Future interventions include less invasive procedures to the mother, such as videofetoscopic techniques. Use of new research related to scarless wound healing may allow endoscopic techniques to correct @entity3384 in utero. Gene and stem cell therapy in utero may ameliorate @entity3459 , @entity2246 , @entity8453 , and so on prior to birth. Finally, other @entity2241 , such as @entity1146 and @entity7552 may also benefit from in utero intervention.
