Consequences of Antenatal Diagnosis for Pediatric Surgery

Autor: C. Mascott, M. Baumgartner, A. M. Holschneider
Rok vydání: 1986
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Zdroj: Long-gap Esophageal Atresia ISBN: 9783642707797
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-70777-3_19
Popis: From 1979 to 1983, 638 newborns were referred immediately after birth to the Pediatric Surgical Hospital of the University of Munich and operated on as emergencies. Such emergencies increased by one-third during this period. Since the Munich Perinatal Study did not register a rising number of malformations, we must conclude that the increased number of referrals was due to a more exact and extended antenatal diagnosis, leading to admittance of risk pregnancies to obstetrical centers, which in turn sent malformed newborns to our hospital. This means that the pediatric surgeon is more and more concerned with problems of antenatal diagnosis of congenital malformations and consequences arising from them.
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