Intrauterine myelomeningocele repair Postnatal results and follow-up at 3.5 years of age - Initial experience from a single reference service in Brazil

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 461-467

  Hisaba, Wagner Jou ^a   Cavalheiro, Sérgio ^a   Almodim, Carlos Gilberto ^a   Borges, Carolina Peixoto ^a   De Faria, Tereza Cristina Carbonari ^a   Araujo Jr , Edward ^a   Nardozza, Luciano Marcondes Machado ^a   Moron, Antonio Fernandes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cognitive results; Intrauterine surgery; Motor results; Myelomeningocele; Postnatal results

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BRAZIL; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELIVERY; DENVER DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING TEST; FEMALE; FETUS SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE MYELOMENINGOCELE; INTUBATION; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HYSTEROTOMY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYSTEROTOMY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84860862917     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-011-1662-z     Document Type: Article

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