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Titel:

Percutaneous fetoscopic patch coverage of spina bifida aperta in the human--early clinical experience and potential.

Dokumenttyp:
Case Reports; Journal Article
Autor(en):
Kohl, T; Hering, R; Heep, A; Schaller, C; Meyer, B; Greive, C; Bizjak, G; Buller, T; Van de Vondel, P; Gogarten, W; Bartmann, P; Knopfle, G; Gembruch, U
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: The current operative approach for fetal repair of spina bifida aperta requires maternal laparotomy and hysterotomy. Following technical feasibility studies in sheep, we performed percutaneous fetoscopic patch coverage of this lesion in 3 human fetuses between 23 + 4 and 25 + 3 weeks of gestation. METHODS AND RESULTS: Whereas the patch detached in the first case 3 weeks after the procedure, it covered the exposed neural tissue in the 2 other fetuses beyond their delivery. Two of the t...     »
Zeitschriftentitel:
Fetal Diagn Ther
Jahr:
2006
Band / Volume:
21
Heft / Issue:
2
Seitenangaben Beitrag:
185-93
Sprache:
eng
Volltext / DOI:
doi:10.1159/000089301
PubMed:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16491001
Print-ISSN:
1015-3837
TUM Einrichtung:
Neurochirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik
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