In Utero Myelomeningocele repair accompanied by a hand hold from the little one. Source: drfabioperalta

Postnatal Myelomeningocele Repair in the US journals.lww.com/neurosurgery/A…
#NEUNewIssue Neurosurgery Publications Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar Jas Martin Piazza Jorge F. Urquiaga Mohamed Zaazoue John Kanter Laura K. Reed, MD Adela Wu, MD

Prenatal myelomeningocele repair has been shown to improve neurological outcomes. Yesterday we perform our case # 24 - using our fetoscopic technique assisted by laparotomy. Hoping for the best! ☺️🤩

Hydrocephalus, absent cisterna magna, bochdalek hernia with lumbar Myelomeningocele.
Screams Chiari II Malformation with Bochdalek hernia .
Routine case, routine case,routine day, routine day, small things matter in life & practice ....

Dr. Robin Bowman delivered an outstanding ⭐️presentation on #fetal #myelomeningocele repair & #spinabifida outcomes at European #pediatric #neurosurgery society meeting #Rome . Impressive #skills & #outcomes ❤️ ⁦The Chicago Institute for Fetal Health⁩ ⁦Neurosurgery at NM⁩ ⁦Lurie Children's⁩

Thanks BAPM for the opportunity to share our experience of #fetalsurgery for #Myelomeningocele

#NCIBT collaborators continue to innovate new technologies to improve human health - congrats on the new award!

Read more about this team’s work with the ucdavisNCIBT for “In utero Repair of Fetal Myelomeningocele”:

ncibt.ucdavis.edu/collaborative-…

AijunWang,PhD Diana Farmer

Great team for the fetal myelomeningocele repair procedure performed yesterday in my hospital! Gynaecologists, neurosurgeons, anesthetists and midwives: we are all here! #fetalsurgery #policlinicoagostinogemelli #Rome

Prenatal surgery for myelomeningocele can only be justified when you have exhausted all efforts to prevent spina bifida by folate fortification! Then, for those still affected, surgery can reduce even further the impact of the disease!@GAPSBIF CCSSdeCostaRica

Antenatal Dx myelomeningocele - how does your team prepare?
How would u protect this defect @ deliv?
Baby needs IPPV…do u consider defect whilst sorting A&B?
Moulage: Jenna Gillone
Seriously slick stabilisation: RVI NICU teams own 🔥🍩NNN
#neodonut #neosim #neotwitter

Epidermoid cyst may be found after myelomeningocele repair, showing the typical restricted diffusion nodule 🟡.
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✅It’ s very useful to include DWI in the spinal dysraphism follow-up protocol

Humbled to have been nominated but this really is a team effort and would not be possible without our #fetal medicine colleagues, #anaesthetists , #neonatologists , theatre staff, #nurses and #midwives as well as all those behind the scenes. #spinabifida #myelomeningocele

Miss Ferguson presenting our 10 year experience and outcomes of post natal myelomeningocele repair at Neurosciences @ NuTH Christopher Cowie Ian Coulter #espn2023

Dr Jesse Vrecenak Fetal and Pediatric Surgeon APSA Surgeons at WashU Surgery Washington U. Med giving Grand Rounds about our fetal care center. Tremendous work by them. Offering a full spectrum of procedures including open and fetoscopic myelomeningocele repair.

First OR day in Joinville, Brazil. Burt Yaszay and Lauffer covering a congenital scoliosis and Fernando Herecho and I covering a patient with myelomeningocele.

#orthotwitter #neurosurgery #spinesurgery #medicalmission

Fetus with open spina bifida (lumbosacral myelomeningocele), before and after prenatal repair.

The fetoscopic technique allows for surgical access without the need for a hysterotomy.

This approach is safer for the mother and her future pregnancies.

#FetalSurgery

A great grand rounds lecture on neural development and #myelomeningocele by Dr. Li! We are so excited to have her back on board, returning as a member of the faculty! Who else could make embryology as fun? #Neurosurgery

Second trimester ultrasound of a fetus with open spina bifida (lumbar myelomeningocele not shown).

The arrows point to a region of the cervical and upper thoracic spinal cord.

What is this translucent structure, and what are the implications of this finding?

#SpinaBifida

Nicole Wenger, PGY-4 and Maureen Rakovec, PGY-1, performing a myelomeningocele repair with Dr. Parker Whitney Parker and Dr. Groves.

In patients with Spina Bifida and Spinal Cord injury, urinary control predicts bowel control.
Although numbers were small for patients who underwent myelomeningocele fetal repair, it did not seem to positively impact bowel control.

#SoMe4PedSurg

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