Long-term neuroimaging and neurological outcome of fetal spina bifida aperta after postnatal surgical repair
Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology Jan 25, 2019
Sileo FG, et al. - Researchers sought to report the long-term physical and neurological outcomes of prenatally diagnosed spina bifida managed by a multidisciplinary team from a large tertiary center via undertaking a retrospective cohort study of all cases fetal spina bifida managed in a tertiary unit between October 1999 and January 2018. Observations suggest similar neurodevelopmental and neurological outcomes between prenatal versus postnatal repair. As with fetal surgery, conventional postnatal surgery is associated with the reversal of hind brain herniation. Similarly, fetuses without evidence of significant fetal ventriculomegaly seemed to require postnatal ventriculoperitoneal shunts mainly.
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