Over the past month, we have discussed the concept of minimally invasive heart surgery , and the use of this novel technique in treating coronary artery disease , heart valve disease and birth defects of the heart . Fetal Heart Surgery is an idea which has totally captured my imagination. It is at once bold and daring, exciting and scary. Not everyone, though, is as enthusiastic about it.
Fetal surgery has strong detractors as well.
So I thought of starting a forum to discuss this contentious issue. Many, many issues now become pertinent. I will discuss some of these here. It would be nice if you could suggest others as well. It is however only appropriate that such an esoteric thing as fetal heart surgery be critically evaluated from the standpoint of the economics involved.