ArticleChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2020
Alterations in skull base anatomy in intrauterine and postnatal repaired myelomeningoceles.
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- Understanding Sociodemographic Disparities in Maternal-Fetal Surgery Study Participation.Fetal diagnosis and therapy · 2022Pooled it
- Prevalence of spinal deformities in myelomeningoceles treated in utero and postnatally, utilizing 3D external orthopedic system (EOS) panoramic radiographic technology.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025Article
- Open Spinal Dysraphism Without Hindbrain Herniation-Natural History and Postnatal Outcome.Prenatal diagnosis · 2025Article
- Craniofacial 3D Morphometric Analysis with Smartphone-Based Photogrammetry.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Long-Term Imaging Follow-up from the Management of Myelomeningocele Study.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2023Article
- Spontaneous third ventriculostomy in patients undergoing fetal surgery for myelomeningocele correction.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2021Article
- Hydrocephalus in myelomeningocele.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to analyze the skull base anatomy of patients who underwent intrauterine or postnatal myelomeningocele repair and to determine its relationship with hydrocephalus.
methodsThis was a retrospective cross-sectional study that analyzed three groups: the postnatal group, 57 patients who underwent myelomeningocele repair up to 48 h after birth; the fetal group, 70 patients who underwent myelomeningocele repair between 19 and 27 weeks of gestation; and a control group (65). We compared the rate of hydrocephalus treatment, the clivus-supraocciput angle (CSA), and the Welcher angle.
resultsThe mean CSA in the fetal group was 87.6°, and the postnatal group was significantly different at 78.3° (p < 0.0001). The control group (89.1°) was significantly different from the postnatal group but not from the fetal group. The mean Welcher angle was not significantly different between the groups. There was an 8.5% rate of surgical treatment for hydrocephalus in the fetal group, compared with 73.6% in the postnatal group.
conclusionsThe CSA in the fetal group was larger than that in the postnatal group, which may explain the decrease in the prevalence of hydrocephalus in the fetal group.
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