Reversal of hindbrain herniation after maternal-fetal surgery for myelomeningocele subsequently impacts on brain stem function

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 359-362

  Danzer, E ^a   Finkel, R S ^a   Rintoul, N E ^a   Bebbington, M W ^a   Schwartz, E S ^a   Zarnow, D M ^a   Adzick, N S ^a   Johnson, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apnea; Brain stem dysfunction; Fetal surgery; Hindbrain herniation; Myelomeningocele

Indexed keywords

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; APNEA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DYSPHAGIA; EYE DISEASE; FETUS SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HINDBRAIN HERNIATION; HUMAN; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURO OPTHALMOLOGIC DISTURBANCE; NEUROGENIC DYSPHAGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SHUNT INFECTION; SNORING; SYRINGOMYELIA;

APNEA; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; RHOMBENCEPHALON; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 65649117832     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1202835     Document Type: Article

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