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The University of South Florida Fetal Therapy Center provides patients and physicians with the latest and most advanced resources in the field of prenatal diagnosis and therapy.

The Fetal Therapy Center offers minimally invasive techniques that can effectively treat previously untreatable, life threatening disorders discovered in unborn babies. The benefits and advantages of these techniques include the following: (1) improving the survival rates for babies afflicted with fatal disorders; (2) preventing or reducing the likelihood of adverse outcomes to enhance the overall quality of life for babies born with serious disorders and birth defects; (3) reducing significantly the surgical risks to mothers and babies; (4) reducing significantly total costs of providing care to babies born with serious disorders and birth defects.
 
Tampa General Hospital  (TGH) serves as the primary teaching hospital for the University of South Florida (USF) College of Medicine.  All patients referred to our center have their prenatal ultrasound evaluation, consultation and surgical procedure at TGH.
 

Fetal Therapy/Surgery Procedures

• Laser Surgery for Twin-twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS)
• Laser Surgery for Selective Intrauterine Growth Retardation in Monochorionic twins
• Umbilical Cord Occlusion for TRAP sequence (acardiac twin) and other discordant monochorionic twins
• Fetal Lower Urinary Tract Obstruction Treatment
• Amniotic Band Syndrome
• Fetal Tissue Biopsy
• Fetal Shunt Procedure for pleural effusion
• Intrauterine Intravascular Transfusions
• Cordocentesis
• Treatment for Iatrogenic Rupture of Membranes / Amniopatch

Our goal is to help you, and provide you with as much information, as possible. If you have questions or comments, please contact us.

University of South Florida Dept of OB/Gyn
Tampa General Hospital

Toll-free: 877-FETAL-77  |  Outside US: 813-259-8513  |  FAX: 813-259-0839