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Neurodevelopmental outcome after open fetal surgery
D L Gibbs1, R E Piecuch, J L Graf
1Fetal Treatment Center and the Department of Surgery, The University of California, San Francisco 94143-0570, USA.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
|August 29, 1998
Abstract
Purpose:
This study examined the neurological and age-appropriate developmental outcomes of 11 children who underwent open fetal surgery.
Results:
Nine children have normal neurological outcomes, and nine have normal development.
Conclusion:
Intensive postnatal care, intracranial hemorrhage, and requirement for prolonged respiratory support were associated with a worse neurological and developmental prognosis.