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.

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Midwest Fetal Care Center
902 E 26^th Street, Suite 1700
Minneapolis, MN 55404
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Located in the first floor front entrance of The Mother Baby Center at Abbott Northwestern and Children’s Minnesota in Minneapolis.

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

A continuum of care for high-risk pregnancy

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