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ArticleMayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes2020

Fetal Surgery in the Era of SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: A Single-Institution Review.

Kavita Narang, Amro Elrefaei, Michelle A Wyatt, Lindsay L Warner, Ayssa Teles Abrao Trad, Leal G Segura, Ellen Bendel-Stenzel, Edward S Ahn, Katherine W Arendt, M Yasir Qureshi and 1 more

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Article in Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kavita NarangMaternal-Fetal Medicine Division, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
Amro ElrefaeiMaternal-Fetal Medicine Division, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
Michelle A WyattMaternal-Fetal Medicine Division, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
Lindsay L WarnerDepartment of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
Ayssa Teles Abrao TradMaternal-Fetal Medicine Division, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
Leal G SeguraDepartment of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
Ellen Bendel-StenzelDivision of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
Edward S AhnDivision of Neurosurgery, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
Katherine W ArendtDepartment of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
M Yasir QureshiPediatric Cardiology Division, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
Rodrigo RuanoMaternal-Fetal Medicine Division, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
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Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo cope with the changing health care services in the era of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. We share the institutional framework for the management of anomalous fetuses requiring fetal intervention at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. To assess the success of our program during this time, we compare intraoperative outcomes of fetal interventions performed during the pandemic with the previous year. PATIENTS: We implemented our testing protocol on patients undergoing fetal intervention at our institution between March 1, and May 15, 2020, and we compared it with same period a year before. A total of 17 pregnant patients with anomalous fetuses who met criteria for fetal intervention were included: 8 from 2019 and 9 from 2020.

methodsOur testing protocol was designed based on our institutional perinatal guidelines, surgical requirements from the infection prevention and control (IPAC) committee, and input from our fetal surgery team, with focus on urgency of procedure and maternal SARS-CoV-2 screening status. We compared the indications, types of procedures, maternal age, gestational age at procedure, type of anesthesia used, and duration of procedure for cases performed at our institution between March 1, 2020, and May 15, 2020, and for the same period in 2019.

resultsThere were no statistically significant differences among the number of cases, indications, types of procedures, maternal age, gestational age, types of anesthesia, and duration of procedures (

conclusionsAdoption of new institutional protocols during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, with appropriate screening and case selection, allows provision of necessary fetal intervention with maximal benefit to mother, fetus, and health care provider.

Indexed as

ACOG, American College of Obstetrics and GynecologyAFPS, American Foundation for Patient SafetyAGP, aerosol-generating proceduresASA, American Society of AnesthesiologyCDH, congenital diaphragmatic herniaCOVID-19, coronavirus-2019FETO, fetoscopic endoluminal tracheal occlusionGA, general anesthesiaIFMSS, International Fetal Medicine and Surgery SocietyLUTO, lower urinary tract obstructionMAC, monitored anesthesia careNAFTNet, North American Fetal Therapy NetworkqRT-PCR, quantitative real time polymerase chain reactionSMFM, Society for Maternal and Fetal MedicineTAPS, twin anemia polycythemia sequenceTTTS, twin-to-twin transfusion syndromeWHO, World Health Organization

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