Fetal myelomeningocele closure: Technical considerations

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 166-171

  Heuer, Gregory G ^a   Adzick, N Scott ^a   Sutton, Leslie N ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermoid; Fetal surgery; Inclusion cysts; MOMS trial; Myelomeningocele

Indexed keywords

FETOSCOPY; FETUS SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIQUORRHEA; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL THERAPY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL THERAPIES; HUMANS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84926375600     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000363182     Document Type: Review

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