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Video Q&A about Fetal Surgery and Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Event Date: October 26, 2017 | 10:30am - 11:00am CT
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How many times have you preformed the FETO surgery? How many of those attempts resulted in a healthy baby going home with his or her family?

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Oct 27, 2017

Dr. Ruano writes: "I have done 83 FETO procedures. I published my previous experience. In my experience, FETO performed at 26-30 weeks improves one category of severity.
I classify CDH in 4 categories: extremely severe (extremely rare and almost lethal), severe, moderate and mild. The mild forms have an extremely benign course and don’t need FETO. The extremely severe CDH is almost lethal without FETO, and will become severe forms after FETO at 26-30 weeks with still 50% survival rate after FETO. The severe forms will become moderate CDH after FETO and will have a survival rate of 80%. We are investigating if FETO can reduce the morbidity in moderate cases."

"Once the baby survives without the need for oxygen therapy, the long term survival is good."

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