A Randomized Trial of Prenatal versus Postnatal Repair of Myelomeningocele
Author(s) -
N. Scott Adzick,
Elizabeth Thom,
Catherine Y. Spong,
John W. Brock,
Pamela K. Burrows,
Mark P. Johnson,
Lori J. Howell,
Jody A. Farrell,
Mary E. Dabrowiak,
Leslie N. Sutton,
Nalin Gupta,
Noel Tulipan,
Diana L. Farmer
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1014379
Subject(s) - medicine , fetal surgery , in utero , spina bifida , randomized controlled trial , surgery , relative risk , confidence interval , fetus , gestation , pregnancy , genetics , biology
Prenatal repair of myelomeningocele, the most common form of spina bifida, may result in better neurologic function than repair deferred until after delivery. We compared outcomes of in utero repair with standard postnatal repair.
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