Percutaneous minimally invasive fetoscopic surgery for spina bifida aperta. Part I: Surgical technique and perioperative outcome

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 515-524

  Kohl, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chiari II malformation; fetal surgery; fetoscopy; fetus; hydrocephalus; spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINA BIFIDA CYSTICA; WOUND CLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETOSCOPY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINA BIFIDA CYSTICA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912078218     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.13430     Document Type: Review

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