Inert patch with bioadhesive for gentle foetal surgery of myelomeningocele in a sheep model

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-179

  Fontecha, Cesar G ^a   Peiro, Jose L ^b   Aguirre, Marius ^a   Soldado, Francisco ^a   Añor, Sonia ^c   Fresno, Laura ^c   Martinez Ibañez, Vicente ^b  

^a Paediatric Cardiology Unit   (Spain)

^b Foetal Surgery Unit   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Foetal research; Foetal therapies; Myelomeningocele; Sheep

Indexed keywords

MARLEX; SILASTIC; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; FETAL RESEARCH; FETUS; FETUS SURGERY; HISTOLOGY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TISSUE REGENERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349515318     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.06.022     Document Type: Article

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