Lorraine. Nancy University Hospital Maternity Unit: an expert center for high-risk fetuses

Housed within the maternity ward of the Nancy University Hospital, the Multidisciplinary Center for Prenatal Diagnosis (CPDP) has just had its operating license renewed by the French Biomedicine Agency (ABM). Little known to the general public, this experienced unit brings together specialists in difficult pregnancies and complex births.

The Multidisciplinary Center for Prenatal Diagnosis (CPDPN) at the Nancy University Hospital is coordinated by Dr. Matthieu Dap, obstetrician specializing in ultrasound and fetopathologist, Dr. Laëtitia Lambert, physician at the Nancy University Hospital and head of the clinical genetics department, and Dr. Xavier Lemarié, pediatrician in neonatology. Photo Thierry Fedrigo

What happens when a birth looks bad, an anomaly appears on ultrasound scans, or a prenatal diagnosis suddenly becomes shrouded in uncertainty? The Nancy University Hospital maternity unit offers tailored solutions for each difficult case. Among these, referral to the Multidisciplinary Center for Prenatal Diagnosis. The CPDP, as its name suggests, brings together several medical specialties around the subject of the "high-risk fetus." It is both a resource and expertise center for healthcare professionals and a welcome and support center for families facing a pessimistic prenatal diagnosis.

The CPDP task force is made up of obstetricians, sonographers, etc.

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