Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Review
. 2017 Jul;28(3):439-448.
doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2017.02.005. Epub 2017 Mar 24.

Comparison of Prenatal and Postnatal Management of Patients with Myelomeningocele

Sergio Cavalheiro  1 , Marcos Devanir Silva da Costa  2 , Antonio Fernandes Moron  3 , Jeffrey Leonard  4
Affiliations
Review

Comparison of Prenatal and Postnatal Management of Patients with Myelomeningocele

Sergio Cavalheiro et al. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2017 Jul.

Abstract

Myelomeningocele (MMC) is a costly lifetime disease with many comorbidities, including sensory and motor lower limb disability, bladder/bowel dysfunction, scoliosis, club foot, and hydrocephalus. MMC treatment options have changed over time because routine use of fetal ultrasonography and MRI has provided prenatal diagnosis and the potential for fetal surgery. There is still no consensus on how to treat the MMC diagnoses prenatally, mainly related to the infrastructure required to operate on pregnant patients. This article provides an overview of prenatal and postnatal MMC repair and the features in the prenatal diagnosis.

Keywords: Chiari II malformation; Fetal surgery; Hydrocephalus; Myelomeningocele; Spina bifida.

PubMed Disclaimer

LinkOut - more resources