[Parent counseling following an antenatal diagnosis of malformation or a diagnosis at birth. The pediatric surgeon's perspective].

Since many years age for pregnancy in women is increasing with elderly parents whose possibility to get others child is improbable. Diagnosis of major congenital anomalies during a prenatal test or severe surgical complication in neonate period, sometimes on a premature newborn, will be a very difficult problem for parents to make the good choice. Relationship between parents and paediatric surgeon must be clear with good explanations but the own point of view of the surgeon must not interfere with parents choice when vital prognosis or severe aftereffects are expected. The review of literature show in many papers that age of parents do not have any influence on their choice to continue or not with treatment child's.