Fetal surgery for repair of myelomeningocele allows normal development of the rectum in sheep

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 162-166

  Yoshizawa, Jyoji ^a,b   Sbragia, Lourenco ^a   Paek, Bettina W ^a   Sydorak, Roman M ^a   Yamazaki, Yoji ^b   Harrison, Michael R ^a   Farmer, Diana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetal surgey; Incontinence; Myelomeningocele; Rectum

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FETUS; FETUS SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE PLEXUS; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SHEEP;

EID: 0038803901     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-002-0910-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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