ReviewTranslational pediatrics2021
Fetal myelomeningocele repair: a narrative review of the history, current controversies and future directions.
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- Fetal myelomeningocele repair after the MOMS trial: a systematic review of neurosurgical outcomes and evolving techniques.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025Pooled it
- Perinatal Mood and Anxiety in Women Undergoing Open Maternal-Fetal Surgery for Myelomeningocele Closure.Fetal diagnosis and therapy · 2026Article
- From Gastrulation to Malformation: Understanding the Embryology of Split Cord Malformations for Obstetric Practice.Fetal diagnosis and therapy · 2026Review
- In vitro evaluation of a decellularized human fetal skin-derived scaffold repopulated with human amniotic fluid stem cells for potential application in myelomeningocele repair.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Advances in Fetal Repair of Spina Bifida Integrating Prenatal Surgery, Stem Cells, and Biomaterials.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Endoscopic third ventriculostomy versus ventriculoperitoneal shunting for hydrocephalus treatment following prenatal and postnatal myelomeningocele repair.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025Article
- An illustrated history of fetal surgery for myelomeningocele.Translational pediatrics · 2025Review
- Neural tube defects induce abnormal astrocyte development by activation and epigenetic permissiveness of STAT3.Experimental neurology · 2025Article
- Differences in brain development and need for CSF diversion based on MMC level: Comparison between prenatal and postnatal repair.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025Article
- Effect of very preterm delivery on outcomes following in utero spina bifida repair.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Article
- Detailed analysis of hydrocephalus patterns and associated variables in patients after open fetal repair and postnatal myelomeningocele/myeloschisis closure.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025Article
- Prenatal Spina Bifida Repair: A Survey of Current Practice in the United States.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
- Arnold-Chiari Malformations in Pediatric Patients After Fetal Surgery for Meningomyelocele.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Fetal in-utero management of myelomeningocele: a mini-review on history, challenges, management gap, and recommendations.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Article
- Long-term neurological cognitive, behavioral, functional, and quality of life outcomes after fetal myelomeningocele closure: a systematic review.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2023Article
- Quality of life in a 61-year-old paraplegic patient with myelomeningocele: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2022Article
- Advances in the prevention and prenatal treatment of spina bifida.Discoveries (Craiova, Romania)Review
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Abstract
Fetal surgery is a relatively new field of medicine. The purpose of this narrative review is to present the history of how fetal surgery became the standard of care for myelomeningocele (MMC), the current controversies of this treatment, and active areas of research that may change how MMC is treated. Fetal surgery for MMC emerged out of the University of California, San Francisco in the 1980s in the laboratory of Dr. Michael Harrison. Initial research focused on testing the hypothesis that the
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