Prenatal surgery for spina bifida: a therapeutic dilemma. Proceedings of the SHINE conference, Belfast

Mano Shanmuganathan, Deborah A. Sival, Kelly Ann Eastwood, Katie Morris, Jacqueline Cartmill, Axel Heep, Janusz Bohosiewicz, Agnieszka Pastuszka, Alyson Hunter, Amanda Ali, Roy McConnell, Darach Crimmins, Fergal Malone, Carolyn Bailie, Jan Deprest, Cathy McKillop, Zarko Alfirevic, Fionnuala McAuliffe, Stephen Ong*

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Abstract

This is a transcript of a scientific conference on the subject of prenatal surgery for spina bifida. It represents the views of three patients, an obstetrician, a postnatal neurosurgeon, a neonatologist, a paediatric neurologist, two surgeons who practice open spina bifida foetal surgery, a fetoscopic surgeon and an obstetrician experienced in randomised trials and systematic reviews. Implications for current practice and recommendations for future research are also discussed in detail.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-6
Number of pages6
JournalIrish Journal of Medical Science
Early online date3 Nov 2017
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 3 Nov 2017

Keywords

  • Fetoscopic surgery
  • Open prenatal surgery
  • Postnatal surgery
  • Prenatal surgery
  • Spina bifida

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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