Percutaneous fetoscopic patch closure of human spina bifida aperta: advances in fetal surgical techniques may obviate the need for early postnatal neurosurgical intervention
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- 作者：Thomas Kohl ; Kristina Tchatcheva ; Waltraut Merz ; Hans C. Wartenberg ; Axel Heep ; Andreas M¨¹ller ; Axel Franz ; R¨¹diger Stressig ; Winfried Willinek and Ulrich Gembruch
- 关键词：Fetus ; Spina bifida aperta ; Myelomeningocele ; Myeloschisis ; Chiari malformation ; Hydrocephalus ; Fetal surgery ; Fetal intervention ; Fetoscopy ; Amniotic insufflation
- 刊名：Surgical Endoscopy
- 出版年：2009
- 出版时间：April, 2009
- 年：2009
- 卷：23
- 期：4
- 页码：890-895
- 全文大小：274.2 KB
文摘
Background A percutaneous minimally invasive fetoscopic approach was attempted for closure of a spina bifida aperta in two fetuses with L5 lesions. The goal was to obviate the need for postnatal neurosurgery to manage this condition.