Clinical outcomes that fetal surgery for myelomeningocele needs to achieve

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Supplement

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Cochrane, D D ^a   Irwin, B ^a   Chambers, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fetal surgery; Myelomeningocele

Indexed keywords

BRAIN HERNIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS SURGERY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOBILIZATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PARENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHUNTING; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0035703645     PISSN: 09396764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-19738     Document Type: Conference Paper

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