Long-term neuroimaging and neurological outcome of fetal spina bifida aperta after postnatal surgical repair.

CONCLUSIONS: Neurodevelopmental and neurological outcomes between prenatal versus postnatal repair are similar. As with fetal surgery, conventional postnatal surgery is associated with the reversal of hind brain herniation. Similarly, postnatal ventriculoperitoneal shunts appear to be mainly required in fetuses without evidence of significant fetal ventriculomegaly. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. PMID: 30663167 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Ultrasound Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol Source Type: research