Letter to the Editor. Open fetal repair for occipital encephalocele: an experimental concept to first assess in animal models

Philippe De Vloo¹, Luc Joyeux^{2

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4}, Gregory G Heuer^{5

6}, N Scott Adzick^{5

6}, Jan Deprest^{2

3

4

7}, Frank Van Calenbergh¹

Affiliations

¹ 1University Hospitals Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium.
² 2MyFetUZ Fetal Research Center, KU Leuven, Belgium.
³ 3Center for Surgical Technologies, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ 4Fetal Medicine Unit, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium.
⁵ 5Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA.
⁶ 6The Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
⁷ 7Institute of Women's Health, University College London Hospitals, London, United Kingdom.

Comment

Philippe De Vloo et al. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2021.

. 2021 Apr 23;27(6):732-733.

doi: 10.3171/2021.1.PEDS2128. Print 2021 Jun 1.

Philippe De Vloo¹, Luc Joyeux^{2

3

4}, Gregory G Heuer^{5

6}, N Scott Adzick^{5

6}, Jan Deprest^{2

3

4

7}, Frank Van Calenbergh¹

¹ 1University Hospitals Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium.
² 2MyFetUZ Fetal Research Center, KU Leuven, Belgium.
³ 3Center for Surgical Technologies, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ 4Fetal Medicine Unit, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium.
⁵ 5Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA.
⁶ 6The Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
⁷ 7Institute of Women's Health, University College London Hospitals, London, United Kingdom.

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Fetal surgery for occipital encephalocele.
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