210: Magnesium sulfate titration reduces maternal complications following fetal repair of spina bifida

Spina bifida and maternal Rh blood type.

The tribulations and trials of fetal surgery for spina bifida.

UNTil ABoUT ForTy years ago, the womb shielded the fetus from observation and therapy. The rapid changes in the diagnosis and treatment of human fetal anatomical abnormalities are due to improved fetal sonographic and ultrafast fetal magnetic resonance imaging (Mri) studies as well as fetal sampling techniques (e.g., amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling) and a better understanding of fetal ...

Fetal spina bifida repair--current trends and prospects of intrauterine neurosurgery.

Myelomeningocele is a common dysraphic defect leading to severe impairment throughout the patient's lifetime. Although surgical closure of this anomaly is usually performed in the early postnatal period, an estimated 330 cases of intrauterine repair have been performed in a few specialized centers worldwide. It was hoped prenatal intervention would improve the prognosis of affected patients, an...

Fetoscopic repair of spina bifida: safer and better?

†Fetal Therapy Program, Albert Einstein Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil; ‡Office of the Dean and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; §Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; ¶Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University ...

Maternal mental health in families of children with spina bifida.

BACKGROUND this study aimed to compare mental health of mothers of children with spina bifida with mothers of able-bodied controls. METHODS eighty-one mothers of children with spina bifida aged 1-18 years completed the General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) and Parenting Stress Index Short Form (PSI/SF). The controls were 69 mothers of children with acute, non-disabling illnesses. Each chil...