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Park: Embryological background for fetal surgery
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Yonsei Medical Journal

Yonsei Medical Journal 2001; 42(6): 609-614.

Published online: 3 April 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.2001.42.6.609

Embryological background for fetal surgery

Hyoung Woo Park

Department of Anatomy, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Reprint address: requests to Dr. Hyoung Woo Park, Department of Anatomy, Yonsei University College of Medicine, C.P.O. Box 8044, Seoul 120-752, Korea. Tel: 82-2-361-5168, Fax: 82-2-365-0700, hwoopark@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr

Received 31 October 2001

Copyright © 2001 The Yonsei University College of Medicine

Abstract

Congenital malformations are one of the main topics, which must be addressed in the 21st century. Fetal surgery is expected to become a routine procedure for malformed fetal patients in the near future. This paper presents some important aspects of the embryological background required for fetal surgery and shows normal human embryos between the 4th and the 8th week of development.

Keywords: Fetal surgery, human embryo, Carnegie stage

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