ArticleFuture neurology2011
Fetal neurosurgery: current state of the art.
Article in Future neurology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Primary Intracranial High Grade Congenital Glial Lesions (PIHGCL): A systematic review of case reports from 1985 to 2025.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026Pooled it
- Use of Fetal Magnetic Resonance Image Analysis and Machine Learning to Predict the Need for Postnatal Cerebrospinal Fluid Diversion in Fetal Ventriculomegaly.JAMA pediatrics · 2018Article
- Fetal ventriculomegaly: Diagnosis, treatment, and future directions.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2017Review
- Early gestation chorionic villi-derived stromal cells for fetal tissue engineering.World journal of stem cells · 2015Article
- Attitude of expectant mothers on the use of ultrasound in pregnancy in a tertiary institution in South East of Nigeria.Annals of medical and health sciences research · 2014Article
- Alterations in maternal-fetal cellular trafficking after fetal surgery.Journal of pediatric surgery · 2012Article
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Authors and funding
3 authors.
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Abstract
Congenital CNS abnormalities have been targets for prenatal intervention since the founding of fetal surgery 30 years ago, but with historically variable results. Open fetal neurosurgery for myelomenigocele has demonstrated the most promising results of any CNS malformation. Improvements in the understanding of congenital diseases and in fetal surgical techniques have reopened the door to applying fetal surgery to other congenital CNS abnormalities. Advances in gene therapy, bioengineering and neonatal neuroprotection will aid in the future expansion of fetal neurosurgery to other CNS disorders.
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