Fetal surgery for myelomeningocele.
BACKGROUND
Although in utero treatment of myelomeningocele shows promise in decreasing the morbidity of this disease, the risks to the fetus are significant, and the benefits are unproven.


METHODS
The upcoming trial represents one of the few times that the pediatric neurosurgical community has come together to test a new procedure.
Sutton
Leslie N
LN
Division of Neurosurgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19087, USA. sutton@email.chop.edu
Adzick
N Scott
NS
Johnson
Mark P
MP
D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005333:Fetus / Q000601:surgery*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome