Offering a Full Range of Services
The Sentara-EVMS Fetal Care Center is the only location in Virginia offering operative fetoscopy and laser therapy for the treatment of twin twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS). This procedure utilizes a combination of a miniaturized camera and instruments with ultrasound guidance to close communicating blood vessels on the placental surface. Since TTTS affects about 15% of monochorionic multiple gestations, streamlined evaluation through our dedicated Monochorionic twin clinic and treatment for this condition is available for patients throughout the region.
Services offered at the EVMS Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center for Advanced Fetal Therapy
- Comprehensive maternal and fetal care
- Total OB care or co-management with referring physicians
- MFM Consultation
- Genetic counseling
- Monochorionic Twin Clinic
- Prenatal Diagnosis Ultrasound (a non-invasive evaluative test)
- Fetal Echocardiography (a safe ultrasound study performed on a pregnant mother's abdomen to show the structure of an unborn baby's heart)
- Amniocentesis (an invasive test to assess chromosomes/karyotype)
- CVS (chorionic villus sampling)
- Amnioinfusion
- Other fetal sampling before viability - Vesicocentesis, thoracentesis
- Coordination with Anesthesiology and other Pediatric subspecialty teams - Neonatology, Cardiology, Surgery, Neurology, Urology
- Multi-fetal pregnancy reduction
Services offered at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
- Fetoscopy (a specialized minimally invasive procedure using a miniaturized camera and equipment that allows the developing fetus to be evaluated within the womb)
- Laser Treatment for Twin Twin Transfusion Syndrome
- Fetal transfusions
- Fetal Shunts (a minimally invasive procedure, under ultrasound guidance, where a “drainage” shunt is placed into a fetal body cavity to facilitate removal of fluid)
- Procedures after viability
Services offered at Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters
- Fetal MRI
- Pediatric Subspecialty Consultation
- Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units
- Pediatric Heart Surgery Program
- Medical Genetics and Metabolism Clinic
- Spina Bifida Clinic
