A continuum of care for high-risk pregnancy
Midwest Fetal Care Center (MWFCC) offers mothers with high-risk pregnancy and babies with abnormal conditions a
continuum of care that is among the best in the nation. From evaluation and diagnosis to fetal surgery and follow-up
care, our fetal program offers mothers and babies all the experts, information and technology they will need in one
convenient location.
We understand that high-risk pregnancy is difficult. That’s why our teams of experts work together to offer you and your
baby unparalleled coordination of all the critical details of your care.
Conditions treated at MWFCC
Our fetal care program can diagnose and treat a full range of congenital diseases and other high-risk
conditions, including:
- Abdominal wall defects
- Bladder exstrophy
- Gastroschisis
- OEIS complex (omphalocele, exstrophy of the cloaca, imperforate anus, and spine abnormalities)
- Omphalocele
- Amniotic band syndrome
- Cleft
lip and cleft
palate - Cloacal exstrophy
- Club
foot - Congenital
diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) - Congenital
heart disease- Aortic valve stenosis
- Atrioventricular canal defect
- Cardiomyopathy
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Complete atrioventricular septal defect
- Double outlet right ventricle
- Ebstein anomaly
- Heterotaxy syndrome
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- Interrupted aortic arch
- Pulmonary atresia with an intact ventricular septum
- Pulmonary stenosis
- Tetralogy of fallot
- Total anomalous pulmonary venous return
- Transposition of the great arteries
- Tricuspid atresia
- Truncus arteriosus
- Ventricular septal defect
- Congenital
lung malformations- Bronchial-pulmonary sequestration (BPS)
- Bronchial atresia
- Bronchogenic cyst
- Congenital pulmonary malformations (CPAM)
- Pleural effusion
- Congenital high airway obstruction (CHAOS)
- Laryngeal atresia
- Craniosynostosis
- Fetal tumors
- Liver tumors
- Lymphatic
malformations - Neuroblastoma
- Renal tumors
- Sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT)
- Fetal
Anemia - Gastrointestinal disorders
- Choledochal cyst
- Cysts (intra-abdominal)
- Dilated bowel
- Duodenal
atresia - Imperforate anus
- Intestinal
(Jejunal, Ileal, colonic) atresia - Tracheoesophageal
fistula and esophageal atresia
- Genetic
conditions - Genitourinary problems
- Ambiguous genitalia
- Duplicating collecting system
- Echogenic kidneys
- Lower
urinary tract obstruction (LUTO)- Bladder outlet obstruction
- Posterior urethral valves
- Multicystic kidney disease (MCKD)
- Ovarian cysts
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Renal
agenesis - Renal cysts
- Urinary
tract dilation- Hydronephrosis
- Pelviectasis
- Pyelectasis
- UPJ obstruction
- Hydrops
fetalis - Intrauterine
growth restriction (IUGR) - Multiple pregnancy
- Micrognathia and agnathia
- Neck masses
- Cervical teratoma
- Neurologic disorders
- Agenesis of the corpus callosum
- Anencephaly
- Arachnoid cysts
- Dandy-Walker malformation and variants
- Encephalocele
- Hydrocephalus
- Aqueductal stenosis
- Ventriculomegaly
- Holoprosencephaly
- Macrocephaly
- Porencephaly
- Microcephaly
- Spina
bifida (Myelomeningocele) - Vein of Galen aneurysm
- Oligohydramnios
- Polyhydramnios
- Skeletal
dysplasia- Achondroplasia
- Achondrogenesis
- Arthrogryposis
- Diastrophic dysplasia
- Osteogenesis imperfect (OI)
- Thanatophoric dysplasia
- Twin-to-twin-transfusion
syndrome - Other twin-related conditions
- Conjoined twins
- Selective
intra-uterine growth restriction (sIUGR) - Twin anemia-polycythemia sequence (TAPS)
- Twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence (TRAPS)
Services we offer
A high-risk pregnancy deserves the best care, so that’s what we provide. Here are several of the key
services we offer based on your customized diagnosis and treatment plan:
- Ex-utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT)
- Congenital high airway obstruction (CHAOS)
- Facial/airway conditions
- Giant neck mass
- Laryngeal atresia
- Fetal imaging
- Fetal echocardiogram
- High-resolution fetal ultrasound
- Ultrafast fetal MRI
- Fetal neural tube defect repair
- Fetoscopic MMC repair
- Open fetal MMC repair
- Fetal transfusion
- Isoimmunization
- Fetoscopic selective laser ablation
- Genetic counseling
- Amniocentesis
- Chorionic villus sampling (CVS)
- Ultrasound markers for aneuploidy
- Choroid plexus cyst (CPC)
- Echogenic intracardiac foci (EIF)
- Elevated nuchal translucency (NT)/nuchal fold (NF)
- Operative fetoscopy
- Perinatal palliative care
