The effect of intrauterine myelomeningocele repair on the incidence of shunt-dependent hydrocephalus

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-33

  Tulipan, Noel ^a   Sutton, Leslie N ^b   Bruner, Joseph P ^a   Cohen, Brian M ^b   Johnson, Mark ^b   Adzick, N Scott ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal surgery; Hydrocephalus; Meningomyelocele; Neural tube defects

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS SURGERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERUS;

EID: 0037213580     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067560     Document Type: Article

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