Surgically correctable congenital fetal anomalies: Ultrasound diagnosis and management

Abstract

A great number of lifelong disabilities are due to congenital malformations. Evolution of prenatal ultrasound diagnosis and improvement of surgical technique have enabled us to detect most of these malformations in utero early and accurately with a possibility of early surgical management in selected cases even in utero. Advances in pre-/perinatal management have enabled us to interfere and change the origin of the disease in order to optimize the best postsurgical outcome. Only a multidisciplinary team of specialists could provide such appropriate treatment.